Plant Myb transcription factor homologs

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the Myb-related transcription factor in a transformed host cell.

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/110,609, filed Dec. 2, 1998.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding Myb-related transcription factors in plants and seeds.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] Improvement of crop plants for a variety of traits, including disease and pest resistance, and grain quality improvements such as oil, starch or protein composition, can be achieved by introducing new or modified genes (transgenes) into the plant genome. Transcriptional activation of genes, including transgenes, is in general controlled by the promoter through a complex set of protein/DNA and protein/protein interactions. Promoters can impart patterns of expression that are either constitutive or limited to specific tissues or times during development.

[0004] Transcriptional activation is primarily mediated through transcription factors that interact with enhancer and promoter elements. Binding of transcription factors to such DNA elements constitutes a crucial step in transcriptional initiation. Each transcription factor binds to its specific binding sequence in a promoter and activates expression of the linked coding region through interactions with coactivators and/or proteins that are a part of the transcription complex.

[0005] Several plant genes have been identified that appear to encode transcription factors structurally related to the cMyb protooncogene family of mammals. Central to the similarities shared by these proteins is the Myb repeat DNA-binding domain containing conserved tryptophan residues at certain positions, and a helix-turn-helix-related domain. Generally, Myb-related proteins from plants contain two of these repeats, R2 and R3 (Kranz et al. (1998) Plant J 16:263-276), though proteins having only one repeat have been identified (e.g., Feldbrugge et al. (1997) Plant J 11:1079-1093). These Myb-related genes appear to encode a large family of plant transcription factors that are involved in a diversity of gene regulation. For example, plant Myb-related genes have been shown to regulate anthrocyanin biosynthesis in maize and phenylpropanoid metabolism, disease resistance (WO9813486-A1), expression of gibberellin-regulated genes (WO9700961-A1), expression of stress-related genes (WO9916878-A1), active carbohydrate secretion and flavonol metabolism in antirrhinum flowers (Jackson et al. (1992) Plant Cell 3(2):115-125). The first plant transcription activator gene described at the molecular level was the maize c1 gene which encodes a Myb protein (Paz-Ares et al. (1987) EMBO J 16:3553-3558) involved in regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis by trans-activating genes such as c2, A1 and Bz1 which encode enzymes involved in the pathway.

[0006] There is a great deal of interest in identifying the genes that encode proteins involved in transcriptional regulation in plants. These genes may be used in plant cells to control gene expression constitutively, in specific tissues or at various times during development. Accordingly, the availability of nucleic acid sequences encoding all or a portion of a Myb-related transcription factor would facilitate studies to better understand gene regulation in plants and provide genetic tools to enhance or otherwise alter the expression of genes controlled by Myb-related transcription factors.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:12, and a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:56. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8, and a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:28. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:52. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:6, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 14, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:50, and a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:58. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:60. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:4, a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:22, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:24, and a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:62. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 18 and a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:20. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:26, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:34, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:38, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:40, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:42, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:48, and a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:54. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:32, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:44, and a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:46. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:36. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:30. The present invention also relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising the complement of the nucleotide sequences described above.

[0008] It is preferred that the isolated polynucleotides of the claimed invention consist of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 that codes for the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and 62. The present invention also relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequences of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at one least of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences.

[0009] The present invention relates to a chimeric gene comprising an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention operably linked to suitable regulatory sequences.

[0010] The present invention relates to an isolated host cell comprising a chimeric gene of the present invention or an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention. The host cell may be eukaryotic, such as a yeast or a plant cell, or prokaryotic, such as a bacterial cell. The present invention also relates to a virus, preferably a baculovirus, comprising an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention or a chimeric gene of the present invention.

[0011] The present invention relates to a process for producing an isolated host cell comprising a chimeric gene of the present invention or an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention, the process comprising either transforming or transfecting an isolated compatible host cell with a chimeric gene or isolated polynucleotide of the present invention.

[0012] The present invention relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 12, and 56. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:8 and 28. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:16. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:52. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:6, 14, 50, and 58. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:60. The present invention also relates a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:4, 10, 22, 24, and 62. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:18 and 20. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:26, 34, 38, 40, 42, 48, and 54. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:32, 44, and 46. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:36. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:30.

[0013] The present invention relates to a method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a host cell, preferably a plant cell, the method comprising the steps of:

[0014] constructing an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention or an isolated chimeric gene of the present invention;

[0015] introducing the isolated polynucleotide or the isolated chimeric gene into a host cell;

[0016] measuring the level of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide; and

[0017] comparing the level of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide with the level of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a host cell that does not contain the isolated polynucleotide.

[0018] The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a substantial portion of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide gene, preferably a plant Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide gene, comprising the steps of: synthesizing an oligonucleotide primer comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at least one of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; and amplifying a nucleic acid fragment (preferably a cDNA inserted in a cloning vector) using the oligonucleotide primer. The amplified nucleic acid fragment preferably will encode all or a portion of a Myb-related transcription factor amino acid sequence.

[0019] The present invention also relates to a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence encoding a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide comprising the steps of: probing a cDNA or genomic library with an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention; identifying a DNA clone that hybridizes with an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention; isolating the identified DNA clone; and sequencing the cDNA or genomic fragment that comprises the isolated DNA clone.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING AND SEQUENCE DESCRIPTIONS

[0020] The invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawing and Sequence Listing which form a part of this application.

[0021]FIG. 1 depicts the amino acid alignment between the Myb-related transcription factor encoded by the nucleotide sequences derived from corn clone cta1n.pk0079.e9 (SEQ ID NO:10), contig assembled from rice clones rr1.pk0027.g9 and rr1.pk077.n9 (SEQ ID NO:14), rice clone r10n.pk082.c13 (SEQ ID NO:26), soybean clone sf11.pk0032.g4 (SEQ ID NO:30), soybean clone sf11.pk0086.a9 (SEQ ID NO:32), soybean clone sf11.pk0091.a2 (SEQ ID NO:34), soybean clone sf11.pk0091.a2 (SEQ ID NO:36), soybean clone sf11.pk0003.a3 (SEQ ID NO:42), soybean clone srr3c.pk002.k6 (SEQ ID NO:44), soybean clone ses9c.pk002.o16 (SEQ ID NO:46), soybean clone s12.pk127.e14 (SEQ ID NO:48), soybean clone src3c.pk010.i22 (SEQ ID NO:50), soybean clone sgs4c.pk004.j24 (SEQ ID NO:54), and a Myb-related transcription factor-encoding nucleic acid fragment from Pisum sativum (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475) (SEQ ID NO:63). Amino acids which are conserved among all and at least two sequences with an amino acid at that position are indicated with an asterisk (*) above them. Dashes are used by the program to maximize alignment of the sequences.

[0022] Table 1 lists the polypeptides that are described herein, the designation of the cDNA clones that comprise the nucleic acid fragments encoding polypeptides representing all or a substantial portion of these polypeptides, and the corresponding identifier (SEQ ID NO:) as used in the attached Sequence Listing. Table 1 also identifies the cDNA clones as individual ESTs (“EST”), the sequences of the entire cDNA inserts comprising the indicated cDNA clones (“FIS”), contigs assembled from two or more ESTs (“Contig”), contigs assembled from an FIS and one or more ESTs (“Contig*”), or sequences encoding the entire protein derived from an FIS, a contig, or an FIS and PCR (“CGS”). Nucleotide SEQ ID NOs:7, 11, 23, 27, 51, and 55 correspond to nucleotide SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 9, 5, 11, and 7, respectively, presented in U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/110,609, filed Dec. 2, 1998. Amino acid SEQ ID NOs:8, 12, 24, 28, 52, and 56 correspond to amino acid SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 10, 6, 12, and 8, respectively presented in U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/110,609, filed Dec. 2, 1998. The sequence descriptions and Sequence Listing attached hereto comply with the rules governing nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in patent applications as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §1.821-1.825. TABLE 1 Myb-related Transcription Factors SEQ ID NO: Clone (Nucle- (Amino Protein Designation Status otide) Acid) Myb-related Transcrip- Contig of: Contig  1  2 tion Factor (Corn) csi1n.pk0008.b5 csi1n.pk0028.h7 Myb-related Transcrip- Contig of: Contig  3  4 tion Factor (Corn) p0008.cb31d06r p0026.ccrbd36rb Myb-related Transcrip- chpc8.pk0002.d9 EST  5  6 tion Factor (Corn) Myb-related Transcrip- cta1n.pk0079.e9 EST  7  8 tion Factor (Corn) Myb-related Transcrip- cta1n.pk0079.e9 CGS  9 10 tion Factor (Corn) Myb-related Transcrip- rr1.pk077.n9 EST 11 12 tion Factor (Rice) Myb-related Transcrip- Contig of: CGS 13 14 tion Factor (Rice) rr1.pk0027.g9 rr1.pk077.n9 Myb-related Transcrip- rr1.pk088.p6 EST 15 16 tion Factor (Rice) Myb-related Transcrip- rr1.pk0037.g7 EST 17 18 tion Factor (Rice) Myb-related Transcrip- rds3c.pk002.c6 EST 19 20 tion Factor (Rice) Myb-related Transcrip- Contig of: Contig 21 22 tion Factor (Rice) rlr24.pk0090.f5 rlr48.pk0012.c11 Myb-related Transcrip- rl0n.pk082.c13 EST 23 24 tion Factor (Rice) Myb-related Transcrip- rl0n.pk082.c13 CGS 25 26 tion Factor (Rice) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk0032.g4 EST 27 28 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk0032.g4 CGS 29 30 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk0086.a9 CGS 31 32 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk0091.a2 CGS 33 34 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk0105.e6 CGS 35 36 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk125.p19 FIS 37 38 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- se6.pk0048.a12 FIS 39 40 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sfl1.pk0003.a3 CGS 41 42 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- srr3c.pk002.k6 CGS 43 44 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- ses9c.pk002.o16 CGS 45 46 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sl2.pk127.e14 CGS 47 48 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- src3c.pk010.i22 CGS 49 50 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sgs4c.pk004.j24 EST 51 52 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- sgs4c.pk004.j24 CGS 53 54 tion Factor (Soybean) Myb-related Transcrip- wr1.pk0139.g11 EST 55 56 tion Factor (Wheat) Myb-related Transcrip- wr1.pk0139.g11 FIS 57 58 tion Factor (Wheat) Myb-related Transcrip- wdk3c.pk006.n12 EST 59 60 tion Factor (Wheat) Myb-related Transcrip- wlm1.pk0027.a5 EST 61 62 tion Factor (Wheat)

[0023] The Sequence Listing contains the one letter code for nucleotide sequence characters and the three letter codes for amino acids as defined in conformity with the IUPAC-IUBMB standards described in Nucleic Acids Res. 13:3021-3030 (1985) and in the Biochemical J. 219 (No. 2):345-373 (1984) which are herein incorporated by reference. The symbols and format used for nucleotide and amino acid sequence data comply with the rules set forth in 37 C.F.R. §1.822.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] In the context of this disclosure, a number of terms shall be utilized. As used herein, a “polynucleotide” is a nucleotide sequence such as a nucleic acid fragment. A polynucleotide may be a polymer of RNA or DNA that is single- or double-stranded, that optionally contains synthetic, non-natural or altered nucleotide bases. A polynucleotide in the form of a polymer of DNA may be comprised of one or more segments of cDNA, genomic DNA, synthetic DNA, or mixtures thereof. An isolated polynucleotide of the present invention may include at least one of 60 contiguous nucleotides, preferably at least one of 40 contiguous nucleotides, most preferably one of at least 30 contiguous nucleotides, of the nucleic acid sequence of the SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, or the complement of such sequences.

[0025] As used herein, “contig” refers to a nucleotide sequence that is assembled from two or more constituent nucleotide sequences that share common or overlapping regions of sequence homology. For example, the nucleotide sequences of two or more nucleic acid fragments can be compared and aligned in order to identify common or overlapping sequences. Where common or overlapping sequences exist between two or more nucleic acid fragments, the sequences (and thus their corresponding nucleic acid fragments) can be assembled into a single contiguous nucleotide sequence.

[0026] As used herein, “substantially similar” refers to nucleic acid fragments wherein changes in one or more nucleotide bases results in substitution of one or more amino acids, but do not affect the functional properties of the polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence. “Substantially similar” also refers to nucleic acid fragments wherein changes in one or more nucleotide bases does not affect the ability of the nucleic acid fragment to mediate alteration of gene expression by gene silencing through for example antisense or co-suppression technology. “Substantially similar” also refers to modifications of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention such as deletion or insertion of one or more nucleotides that do not substantially affect the functional properties of the resulting transcript vis-à-vis the ability to mediate gene silencing or alteration of the functional properties of the resulting protein molecule. It is therefore understood that the invention encompasses more than the specific exemplary nucleotide or amino acid sequences and includes functional equivalents thereof.

[0027] Substantially similar nucleic acid fragments may be selected by screening nucleic acid fragments representing subfragments or modifications of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention, wherein one or more nucleotides are substituted, deleted and/or inserted, for their ability to affect the level of the polypeptide encoded by the unmodified nucleic acid fragment in a plant or plant cell. For example, a substantially similar nucleic acid fragment representing at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from the instant nucleic acid fragment can be constructed and introduced into a plant or plant cell. The level of the polypeptide encoded by the unmodified nucleic acid fragment present in a plant or plant cell exposed to the substantially similar nucleic fragment can then be compared to the level of the polypeptide in a plant or plant cell that is not exposed to the substantially similar nucleic acid fragment.

[0028] For example, it is well known in the art that antisense suppression and co-suppression of gene expression may be accomplished using nucleic acid fragments representing less than the entire coding region of a gene, and by nucleic acid fragments that do not share 100% sequence identity with the gene to be suppressed. Moreover, alterations in a nucleic acid fragment which result in the production of a chemically equivalent amino acid at a given site, but do not effect the functional properties of the encoded polypeptide, are well known in the art. Thus, a codon for the amino acid alanine, a hydrophobic amino acid, may be substituted by a codon encoding another less hydrophobic residue, such as glycine, or a more hydrophobic residue, such as valine, leucine, or isoleucine. Similarly, changes which result in substitution of one negatively charged residue for another, such as aspartic acid for glutamic acid, or one positively charged residue for another, such as lysine for arginine, can also be expected to produce a functionally equivalent product. Nucleotide changes which result in alteration of the N-terminal and C-terminal portions of the polypeptide molecule would also not be expected to alter the activity of the polypeptide. Each of the proposed modifications is well within the routine skill in the art, as is determination of retention of biological activity of the encoded products. Consequently, an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at least one of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences may be used in methods of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the expression of a polypeptide in a plant cell. A method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a polypeptide (such as a Myb-related transcription factor)in a host cell (eukaryotic, such as plant or yeast, prokaryotic such as bacterial, or viral) may comprise the steps of: constructing an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention or an isolated chimeric gene of the present invention; introducing the isolated polynucleotide or the isolated chimeric gene into a host cell; measuring the level of a polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide; and comparing the level of a polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide with the level of a polypeptide in a host cell that does not contain the isolated polynucleotide.

[0029] Moreover, substantially similar nucleic acid fragments may also be characterized by their ability to hybridize. Estimates of such homology are provided by either DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA hybridization under conditions of stringency as is well understood by those skilled in the art (Hames and Higgins, Eds. (1985) Nucleic Acid Hybridisation, IRL Press, Oxford, U.K.). Stringency conditions can be adjusted to screen for moderately similar fragments, such as homologous sequences from distantly related organisms, to highly similar fragments, such as genes that duplicate functional enzymes from closely related organisms. Post-hybridization washes determine stringency conditions. One set of preferred conditions uses a series of washes starting with 6×SSC, 0.5% SDS at room temperature for 15 min, then repeated with 2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at 45° C. for 30 min, and then repeated twice with 0.2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at 50° C. for 30 min. A more preferred set of stringent conditions uses higher temperatures in which the washes are identical to those above except for the temperature of the final two 30 min washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.5% SDS was increased to 60° C. Another preferred set of highly stringent conditions uses two final washes in 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65° C.

[0030] Substantially similar nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may also be characterized by the percent identity of the amino acid sequences that they encode to the amino acid sequences disclosed herein, as determined by algorithms commonly employed by those skilled in this art. Suitable nucleic acid fragments (isolated polynucleotides of the present invention) encode polypeptides that are at least about 70% identical, most preferably at least about 80% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Preferred nucleic acid fragments encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 85% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. More preferred nucleic acid fragments encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 90% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Most preferred are nucleic acid fragments that encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 95% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Suitable nucleic acid fragments not only have the above homologies but typically encode a polypeptide having at least about 50 amino acids, preferably at least about 100 amino acids, more preferably at least about 150 amino acids, still more preferably at least about 200 amino acids, and most preferably at least about 250 amino acids. Sequence alignments and percent identity calculations were performed using the Megalign program of the LASERGENE bioinformatics computing suite (DNASTAR Inc., Madison, Wis.). Multiple alignment of the sequences was performed using the Clustal method of alignment (Higgins and Sharp (1989) CABIOS. 5:151-153) with the default parameters (GAP PENALTY=10, GAP LENGTH PENALTY=10). Default parameters for pairwise alignments using the Clustal method were KTUPLE 1, GAP PENALTY=3, WINDOW=5 and DIAGONALS SAVED=5.

[0031] A “substantial portion” of an amino acid or nucleotide sequence comprises an amino acid or a nucleotide sequence that is sufficient to afford putative identification of the protein or gene that the amino acid or nucleotide sequence comprises. Amino acid and nucleotide sequences can be evaluated either manually by one skilled in the art, or by using computer-based sequence comparison and identification tools that employ algorithms such as BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Altschul et al. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410; see also www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/). In general, a sequence of ten or more contiguous amino acids or thirty or more contiguous nucleotides is necessary in order to putatively identify a polypeptide or nucleic acid sequence as homologous to a known protein or gene. Moreover, with respect to nucleotide sequences, gene-specific oligonucleotide probes comprising 30 or more contiguous nucleotides may be used in sequence-dependent methods of gene identification (e.g., Southern hybridization) and isolation (e.g., in situ hybridization of bacterial colonies or bacteriophage plaques). In addition, short oligonucleotides of 12 or more nucleotides may be used as amplification primers in PCR in order to obtain a particular nucleic acid fragment comprising the primers. Accordingly, a “substantial portion” of a nucleotide sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence that will afford specific identification and/or isolation of a nucleic acid fragment comprising the sequence. The instant specification teaches amino acid and nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides that comprise one or more particular plant proteins. The skilled artisan, having the benefit of the sequences as reported herein, may now use all or a substantial portion of the disclosed sequences for purposes known to those skilled in this art. Accordingly, the instant invention comprises the complete sequences as reported in the accompanying Sequence Listing, as well as substantial portions of those sequences as defined above.

[0032] “Codon degeneracy” refers to divergence in the genetic code permitting variation of the nucleotide sequence without effecting the amino acid sequence of an encoded polypeptide. Accordingly, the instant invention relates to any nucleic acid fragment comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequences set forth herein. The skilled artisan is well aware of the “codon-bias” exhibited by a specific host cell in usage of nucleotide codons to specify a given amino acid. Therefore, when synthesizing a nucleic acid fragment for improved expression in a host cell, it is desirable to design the nucleic acid fragment such that its frequency of codon usage approaches the frequency of preferred codon usage of the host cell.

[0033] “Synthetic nucleic acid fragments” can be assembled from oligonucleotide building blocks that are chemically synthesized using procedures known to those skilled in the art. These building blocks are ligated and annealed to form larger nucleic acid fragments which may then be enzymatically assembled to construct the entire desired nucleic acid fragment. “Chemically synthesized”, as related to nucleic acid fragment, means that the component nucleotides were assembled in vitro. Manual chemical synthesis of nucleic acid fragments may be accomplished using well established procedures, or automated chemical synthesis can be performed using one of a number of commercially available machines. Accordingly, the nucleic acid fragments can be tailored for optimal gene expression based on optimization of nucleotide sequence to reflect the codon bias of the host cell. The skilled artisan appreciates the likelihood of successful gene expression if codon usage is biased towards those codons favored by the host. Determination of preferred codons can be based on a survey of genes derived from the host cell where sequence information is available.

[0034] “Gene” refers to a nucleic acid fragment that expresses a specific protein, including regulatory sequences preceding (5′ non-coding sequences) and following (3′ non-coding sequences) the coding sequence. “Native gene” refers to a gene as found in nature with its own regulatory sequences. “Chimeric gene” refers any gene that is not a native gene, comprising regulatory and coding sequences that are not found together in nature. Accordingly, a chimeric gene may comprise regulatory sequences and coding sequences that are derived from different sources, or regulatory sequences and coding sequences derived from the same source, but arranged in a manner different than that found in nature. “Endogenous gene” refers to a native gene in its natural location in the genome of an organism. A “foreign” gene refers to a gene not normally found in the host organism, but that is introduced into the host organism by gene transfer. Foreign genes can comprise native genes inserted into a non-native organism, or chimeric genes. A “transgene” is a gene that has been introduced into the genome by a transformation procedure.

[0035] “Coding sequence” refers to a nucleotide sequence that codes for a specific amino acid sequence. “Regulatory sequences” refer to nucleotide sequences located upstream (5′ non-coding sequences), within, or downstream (3′ non-coding sequences) of a coding sequence, and which influence the transcription, RNA processing or stability, or translation of the associated coding sequence. Regulatory sequences may include promoters, translation leader sequences, introns, and polyadenylation recognition sequences.

[0036] “Promoter” refers to a nucleotide sequence capable of controlling the expression of a coding sequence or functional RNA. In general, a coding sequence is located 3′ to a promoter sequence. The promoter sequence consists of proximal and more distal upstream elements, the latter elements often referred to as enhancers. Accordingly, an “enhancer” is a nucleotide sequence which can stimulate promoter activity and may be an innate element of the promoter or a heterologous element inserted to enhance the level or tissue-specificity of a promoter. Promoters may be derived in their entirety from a native gene, or be composed of different elements derived from different promoters found in nature, or even comprise synthetic nucleotide segments. It is understood by those skilled in the art that different promoters may direct the expression of a gene in different tissues or cell types, or at different stages of development, or in response to different environmental conditions. Promoters which cause a nucleic acid fragment to be expressed in most cell types at most times are commonly referred to as “constitutive promoters”. New promoters of various types useful in plant cells are constantly being discovered; numerous examples may be found in the compilation by Okamuro and Goldberg (1989) Biochemistry of Plants 15:1-82. It is further recognized that since in most cases the exact boundaries of regulatory sequences have not been completely defined, nucleic acid fragments of different lengths may have identical promoter activity.

[0037] The “translation leader sequence” refers to a nucleotide sequence located between the promoter sequence of a gene and the coding sequence. The translation leader sequence is present in the fully processed mRNA upstream of the translation start sequence. The translation leader sequence may affect processing of the primary transcript to mRNA, mRNA stability or translation efficiency. Examples of translation leader sequences have been described (Turner and Foster (1995) Mol. Biotechnol. 3:225-236).

[0038] The “3′ non-coding sequences” refer to nucleotide sequences located downstream of a coding sequence and include polyadenylation recognition sequences and other sequences encoding regulatory signals capable of affecting mRNA processing or gene expression. The polyadenylation signal is usually characterized by affecting the addition of polyadenylic acid tracts to the 3′ end of the mRNA precursor. The use of different 3′ non-coding sequences is exemplified by Ingelbrecht et al. (1989) Plant Cell 1:671-680.

[0039] “RNA transcript” refers to the product resulting from RNA polymerase-catalyzed transcription of a DNA sequence. When the RNA transcript is a perfect complementary copy of the DNA sequence, it is referred to as the primary transcript or it may be a RNA sequence derived from posttranscriptional processing of the primary transcript and is referred to as the mature RNA. “Messenger RNA (mRNA)” refers to the RNA that is without introns and that can be translated into polypeptide by the cell. “cDNA” refers to a double-stranded DNA that is complementary to and derived from mRNA. “Sense” RNA refers to an RNA transcript that includes the mRNA and so can be translated into a polypeptide by the cell. “Antisense RNA” refers to an RNA transcript that is complementary to all or part of a target primary transcript or mRNA and that blocks the expression of a target gene (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,065, incorporated herein by reference). The complementarity of an antisense RNA may be with any part of the specific nucleotide sequence, i.e., at the 5′ non-coding sequence, 3′ non-coding sequence, introns, or the coding sequence. “Functional RNA” refers to sense RNA, antisense RNA, ribozyme RNA, or other RNA that may not be translated but yet has an effect on cellular processes.

[0040] The term “operably linked” refers to the association of two or more nucleic acid fragments on a single nucleic acid fragment so that the function of one is affected by the other. For example, a promoter is operably linked with a coding sequence when it is capable of affecting the expression of that coding sequence (i.e., that the coding sequence is under the transcriptional control of the promoter). Coding sequences can be operably linked to regulatory sequences in sense or antisense orientation.

[0041] The term “expression”, as used herein, refers to the transcription and stable accumulation of sense (mRNA) or antisense RNA derived from the nucleic acid fragment of the invention. Expression may also refer to translation of mRNA into a polypeptide. “Antisense inhibition” refers to the production of antisense RNA transcripts capable of suppressing the expression of the target protein. “Overexpression” refers to the production of a gene product in transgenic organisms that exceeds levels of production in normal or non-transformed organisms. “Underexpression” refers to the production of a gene product in transgenic organisms at levels below that of levels of production in normal or non-transformed organisms. “Co-suppression” refers to the production of sense RNA transcripts capable of suppressing the expression of identical or substantially similar foreign or endogenous genes (U.S. Pat. No. 5,231,020, incorporated herein by reference).

[0042] “Altered levels” refers to the production of gene product(s) in transgenic organisms in amounts or proportions that differ from that of normal or non-transformed organisms.

[0043] “Mature” protein refers to a post-translationally processed polypeptide; i.e., one from which any pre- or propeptides present in the primary translation product have been removed. “Precursor” protein refers to the primary product of translation of mRNA; i.e., with pre- and propeptides still present. Pre- and propeptides may be but are not limited to intracellular localization signals.

[0044] A “chloroplast transit peptide” is an amino acid sequence which is translated in conjunction with a protein and directs the protein to the chloroplast or other plastid types present in the cell in which the protein is made. “Chloroplast transit sequence” refers to a nucleotide sequence that encodes a chloroplast transit peptide. A “signal peptide” is an amino acid sequence which is translated in conjunction with a protein and directs the protein to the secretory system (Chrispeels (1991) Ann. Rev. Plant Phys. Plant Mol. Biol. 42:21-53). If the protein is to be directed to a vacuole, a vacuolar targeting signal (supra) can further be added, or if to the endoplasmic reticulum, an endoplasmic reticulum retention signal (supra) may be added. If the protein is to be directed to the nucleus, any signal peptide present should be removed and instead a nuclear localization signal included (Raikhel (1992) Plant Phys. 100:1627-1632).

[0045] “Transformation” refers to the transfer of a nucleic acid fragment into the genome of a host organism, resulting in genetically stable inheritance. Host organisms containing the transformed nucleic acid fragments are referred to as “transgenic” organisms. Examples of methods of plant transformation include Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (De Blaere et al. (1987) Meth. Enzymol 143:277) and particle-accelerated or “gene gun” transformation technology (Klein et al. (1987) Nature (London) 327:70-73; U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050, incorporated herein by reference).

[0046] Standard recombinant DNA and molecular cloning techniques used herein are well known in the art and are described more fully in Sambrook et al. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, 1989 (hereinafter “Maniatis”).

[0047] Nucleic acid fragments encoding at least a portion of several Myb-related transcription factors have been isolated and identified by comparison of random plant cDNA sequences to public databases containing nucleotide and protein sequences using the BLAST algorithms well known to those skilled in the art. The nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to isolate cDNAs and genes encoding homologous proteins from the same or other plant species. Isolation of homologous genes using sequence-dependent protocols is well known in the art. Examples of sequence-dependent protocols include, but are not limited to, methods of nucleic acid hybridization, and methods of DNA and RNA amplification as exemplified by various uses of nucleic acid amplification technologies (e.g., polymerase chain reaction, ligase chain reaction).

[0048] For example, genes encoding other Myb-related transcription factors, either as cDNAs or genomic DNAs, could be isolated directly by using all or a portion of the instant nucleic acid fragments as DNA hybridization probes to screen libraries from any desired plant employing methodology well known to those skilled in the art. Specific oligonucleotide probes based upon the instant nucleic acid sequences can be designed and synthesized by methods known in the art (Maniatis). Moreover, the entire sequences can be used directly to synthesize DNA probes by methods known to the skilled artisan such as random primer DNA labeling, nick translation, or end-labeling techniques, or RNA probes using available in vitro transcription systems. In addition, specific primers can be designed and used to amplify a part or all of the instant sequences. The resulting amplification products can be labeled directly during amplification reactions or labeled after amplification reactions, and used as probes to isolate full length cDNA or genomic fragments under conditions of appropriate stringency.

[0049] In addition, two short segments of the instant nucleic acid fragments may be used in polymerase chain reaction protocols to amplify longer nucleic acid fragments encoding homologous genes from DNA or RNA. The polymerase chain reaction may also be performed on a library of cloned nucleic acid fragments wherein the sequence of one primer is derived from the instant nucleic acid fragments, and the sequence of the other primer takes advantage of the presence of the polyadenylic acid tracts to the 3′ end of the mRNA precursor encoding plant genes. Alternatively, the second primer sequence may be based upon sequences derived from the cloning vector. For example, the skilled artisan can follow the RACE protocol (Frohman et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:8998-9002) to generate cDNAs by using PCR to amplify copies of the region between a single point in the transcript and the 3′ or 5′ end. Primers oriented in the 3′ and 5′ directions can be designed from the instant sequences. Using commercially available 3′ RACE or 5′ RACE systems (BRL), specific 3′ or 5′ cDNA fragments can be isolated (Ohara et al. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:5673-5677; Loh et al. (1989) Science 243:217-220). Products generated by the 3′ and 5′ RACE procedures can be combined to generate full-length cDNAs (Frohman and Martin (1989) Techniques 1:165). Consequently, a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably one of at least 40, most preferably one of at least 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences may be used in such methods to obtain a nucleic acid fragment encoding a substantial portion of an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide (such as a Myb-related transcription factor. The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a substantial portion of a polypeptide of a gene (such as Myb-related transcription factor) preferably a substantial portion of a plant polypeptide of a gene, comprising the steps of: synthesizing an oligonucleotide primer comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at least one of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; and amplifying a nucleic acid fragment (preferably a cDNA inserted in a cloning vector) using the oligonucleotide primer. The amplified nucleic acid fragment preferably will encode a portion of a polypeptide.

[0050] Availability of the instant nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences facilitates immunological screening of cDNA expression libraries. Synthetic peptides representing portions of the instant amino acid sequences may be synthesized. These peptides can be used to immunize animals to produce polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with specificity for peptides or proteins comprising the amino acid sequences. These antibodies can be then be used to screen cDNA expression libraries to isolate full-length cDNA clones of interest (Lerner (1984) Adv. Immunol. 36:1-34; Maniatis).

[0051] The nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to create transgenic plants in which the disclosed polypeptides are present at higher or lower levels than normal or in cell types or developmental stages in which they are not normally found. This would have the effect of altering the level of expression of Myb-regulated genes in those cells, and consequently the phenotype affected by those Myb-regulated genes.

[0052] Overexpression of the proteins of the instant invention may be accomplished by first constructing a chimeric gene in which the coding region is operably linked to a promoter capable of directing expression of a gene in the desired tissues at the desired stage of development. For reasons of convenience, the chimeric gene may comprise promoter sequences and translation leader sequences derived from the same genes. 3′ Non-coding sequences encoding transcription termination signals may also be provided. The instant chimeric gene may also comprise one or more introns in order to facilitate gene expression.

[0053] Plasmid vectors comprising the instant chimeric gene can then be constructed. The choice of plasmid vector is dependent upon the method that will be used to transform host plants. The skilled artisan is well aware of the genetic elements that must be present on the plasmid vector in order to successfully transform, select and propagate host cells containing the chimeric gene. The skilled artisan will also recognize that different independent transformation events will result in different levels and patterns of expression (Jones et al. (1985) EMBO J. 4:2411-2418; De Almeida et al. (1989) Mol. Gen. Genetics 218:78-86), and thus that multiple events must be screened in order to obtain lines displaying the desired expression level and pattern. Such screening may be accomplished by Southern analysis of DNA, Northern analysis of mRNA expression, Western analysis of protein expression, or phenotypic analysis.

[0054] For some applications it may be useful to direct the instant polypeptides to different cellular compartments, or to facilitate its secretion from the cell. It is thus envisioned that the chimeric gene described above may be further supplemented by altering the coding sequence to encode the instant polypeptides with appropriate intracellular targeting sequences such as transit sequences (Keegstra (1989) Cell 56:247-253), signal sequences or sequences encoding endoplasmic reticulum localization (Chrispeels (1991) Ann. Rev. Plant Phys. Plant Mol. Biol. 42:21-53), or nuclear localization signals (Raikhel (1992) Plant Phys. 100:1627-1632) added and/or with targeting sequences that are already present removed. While the references cited give examples of each of these, the list is not exhaustive and more targeting signals of utility may be discovered in the future.

[0055] It may also be desirable to reduce or eliminate expression of genes encoding the instant polypeptides in plants for some applications. In order to accomplish this, a chimeric gene designed for co-suppression of the instant polypeptide can be constructed by linking a gene or gene fragment encoding that polypeptide to plant promoter sequences. Alternatively, a chimeric gene designed to express antisense RNA for all or part of the instant nucleic acid fragment can be constructed by linking the gene or gene fragment in reverse orientation to plant promoter sequences. Either the co-suppression or antisense chimeric genes could be introduced into plants via transformation wherein expression of the corresponding endogenous genes are reduced or eliminated.

[0056] Molecular genetic solutions to the generation of plants with altered gene expression have a decided advantage over more traditional plant breeding approaches. Changes in plant phenotypes can be produced by specifically inhibiting expression of one or more genes by antisense inhibition or cosuppression (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,190,931, 5,107,065 and 5,283,323). An antisense or cosuppression construct would act as a dominant negative regulator of gene activity. While conventional mutations can yield negative regulation of gene activity these effects are most likely recessive. The dominant negative regulation available with a transgenic approach may be advantageous from a breeding perspective. In addition, the ability to restrict the expression of specific phenotype to the reproductive tissues of the plant by the use of tissue specific promoters may confer agronomic advantages relative to conventional mutations which may have an effect in all tissues in which a mutant gene is ordinarily expressed.

[0057] The person skilled in the art will know that special considerations are associated with the use of antisense or cosuppression technologies in order to reduce expression of particular genes. For example, the proper level of expression of sense or antisense genes may require the use of different chimeric genes utilizing different regulatory elements known to the skilled artisan. Once transgenic plants are obtained by one of the methods described above, it will be necessary to screen individual transgenics for those that most effectively display the desired phenotype. Accordingly, the skilled artisan will develop methods for screening large numbers of transformants. The nature of these screens will generally be chosen on practical grounds, and is not an inherent part of the invention. For example, one can screen by looking for changes in gene expression by using antibodies specific for the protein encoded by the gene being suppressed, or one could establish assays that specifically measure enzyme activity. A preferred method will be one which allows large numbers of samples to be processed rapidly, since it will be expected that a large number of transformants will be negative for the desired phenotype.

[0058] The instant polypeptides (or portions thereof) may be produced in heterologous host cells, particularly in the cells of microbial hosts, and can be used to prepare antibodies to the these proteins by methods well known to those skilled in the art. The antibodies are useful for detecting the polypeptides of the instant invention in situ in cells or in vitro in cell extracts. Preferred heterologous host cells for production of the instant polypeptides are microbial hosts. Microbial expression systems and expression vectors containing regulatory sequences that direct high level expression of foreign proteins are well known to those skilled in the art. Any of these could be used to construct a chimeric gene for production of the instant polypeptides. This chimeric gene could then be introduced into appropriate microorganisms via transformation to provide high level expression of the encoded Myb-related transcription factors. An example of a vector for high level expression of the instant polypeptides in a bacterial host is provided (Example 6).

[0059] All or a substantial portion of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may also be used as probes for genetically and physically mapping the genes that they are a part of, and as markers for traits linked to those genes. Such information may be useful in plant breeding in order to develop lines with desired phenotypes. For example, the instant nucleic acid fragments may be used as restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers. Southern blots (Maniatis) of restriction-digested plant genomic DNA may be probed with the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention. The resulting banding patterns may then be subjected to genetic analyses using computer programs such as MapMaker (Lander et al. (1987) Genomics 1:174-181) in order to construct a genetic map. In addition, the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to probe Southern blots containing restriction endonuclease-treated genomic DNAs of a set of individuals representing parent and progeny of a defined genetic cross. Segregation of the DNA polymorphisms is noted and used to calculate the position of the instant nucleic acid sequence in the genetic map previously obtained using this population (Botstein et al. (1980) Am. J. Hum. Genet. 32:314-331).

[0060] The production and use of plant gene-derived probes for use in genetic mapping is described in Bematzky and Tanksley (1986) Plant Mol. Biol. Reporter 4:37-41. Numerous publications describe genetic mapping of specific cDNA clones using the methodology outlined above or variations thereof. For example, F2 intercross populations, backcross populations, randomly mated populations, near isogenic lines, and other sets of individuals may be used for mapping. Such methodologies are well known to those skilled in the art.

[0061] Nucleic acid probes derived from the instant nucleic acid sequences may also be used for physical mapping (i.e., placement of sequences on physical maps; see Hoheisel et al. In: Nonmammalian Genomic Analysis: A Practical Guide, Academic press 1996, pp. 319-346, and references cited therein).

[0062] In another embodiment, nucleic acid probes derived from the instant nucleic acid sequences may be used in direct fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping (Trask (1991) Trends Genet. 7:149-154). Although current methods of FISH mapping favor use of large clones (several to several hundred KB; see Laan et al. (1995) Genome Res. 5:13-20), improvements in sensitivity may allow performance of FISH mapping using shorter probes.

[0063] A variety of nucleic acid amplification-based methods of genetic and physical mapping may be carried out using the instant nucleic acid sequences. Examples include allele-specific amplification (Kazazian (1989) J. Lab. Clin. Med 11:95-96), polymorphism of PCR-amplified fragments (CAPS; Sheffield et al. (1993) Genomics 16:325-332), allele-specific ligation (Landegren et al. (1988) Science 241:1077-1080), nucleotide extension reactions (Sokolov (1990) Nucleic Acid Res. 18:3671), Radiation Hybrid Mapping (Walter et al. (1997) Nat. Genet. 7:22-28) and Happy Mapping (Dear and Cook (1989) Nucleic Acid Res. 17:6795-6807). For these methods, the sequence of a nucleic acid fragment is used to design and produce primer pairs for use in the amplification reaction or in primer extension reactions. The design of such primers is well known to those skilled in the art. In methods employing PCR-based genetic mapping, it may be necessary to identify DNA sequence differences between the parents of the mapping cross in the region corresponding to the instant nucleic acid sequence. This, however, is generally not necessary for mapping methods.

[0064] Loss of function mutant phenotypes may be identified for the instant cDNA clones either by targeted gene disruption protocols or by identifying specific mutants for these genes contained in a maize population carrying mutations in all possible genes (Ballinger and Benzer (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 86:9402-9406; Koes et al. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 92:8149-8153; Bensen et al. (1995) Plant Cell 7:75-84). The latter approach may be accomplished in two ways. First, short segments of the instant nucleic acid fragments may be used in polymerase chain reaction protocols in conjunction with a mutation tag sequence primer on DNAs prepared from a population of plants in which Mutator transposons or some other mutation-causing DNA element has been introduced (see Bensen, supra). The amplification of a specific DNA fragment with these primers indicates the insertion of the mutation tag element in or near the plant gene encoding the instant polypeptide. Alternatively, the instant nucleic acid fragment may be used as a hybridization probe against PCR amplification products generated from the mutation population using the mutation tag sequence primer in conjunction with an arbitrary genomic site primer, such as that for a restriction enzyme site-anchored synthetic adaptor. With either method, a plant containing a mutation in the endogenous gene encoding the instant polypeptide can be identified and obtained. This mutant plant can then be used to determine or confirm the natural function of the instant polypeptides disclosed herein.

EXAMPLES

[0065] The present invention is further defined in the following Examples, in which all parts and percentages are by weight and degrees are Celsius, unless otherwise stated. It should be understood that these Examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only. From the above discussion and these Examples, one skilled in the art can ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.

Example 1

[0066] Composition of cDNA Libraries; Isolation and Sequencing of cDNA Clones

[0067] cDNA libraries representing mRNAs from various corn, rice, soybean and wheat tissues were prepared. The characteristics of the libraries are described below. TABLE 2 cDNA Libraries from Corn, Rice, Soybean and Wheat Library Tissue Clone chpc8 Corn (Zea mays L.) (MBS847) 8 Day Old chpc8.pk0002.d9 Shoot Treated 8 Hours With PDO Herbicide MK593* csi1n Corn (Zea mays L.) Silk** csi1n.pk0008.b5 csi1n.pk0028.h7 cta1n Corn (Zea mays L.) Tassel** cta1n.pk0079.e9 p0008 Corn (Zea mays L.) 3 Week Old Leaf p0008.cb31d06r p0026 Corn (Zea mays L.) Regenerating Callus (Hi- p0026.ccrbd36rb II 223a and 1129e), 5 Days After Auxin Removal rds3c Rice (Oryza sativa) Developing Seed From rds3c.pk002.c6 Top of the Plant rl0n Rice (Oryza sativa) 15 Day Old Leaf** rl0n.pk082.c13 rlr24 Resistant Rice (Oryza sativa) Leaf 15 Days rlr24.pk0090.f5 After Germination, 24 Hours After Infection of Strain Magnaporthe grisea 4360-R-62 (AVR2-YAMO) rlr48 Resistant Rice (Oryza sativa) Leaf 15 Days rlr48.pk0012.c11 After Germination, 48 Hours After Infection of Strain Magnaporthe grisea 4360-R-62 (AVR2-YAMO) rr1 Rice (Oryza sativa) Root of Two Week Old rr1.pk0027.g9 Developing Seedling rr1.pk0037.g7 rr1.pk077.n9 rr1.pk088.p6 se6 Soybean (Glycine max L) Embryo, 26 Days se6.pk0048.a12 After Flowering ses9c Soybean (Glycine max L) Embryogenic ses9c.pk002.o16 Suspension sfl1 Soybean (Glycine max L) Immature Flower sfl1.pk0003.a3 sfl1.pk0032.g4 sfl1.pk0086.a9 sfl1.pk0091.a2 sfl1.pk0105.e6 sfl1.pk125.p19 sgs4c Soybean (Glycine max L) Seed 2 Days After sgs4c.pk004.j24 Germination sl2 Soybean (Glycine max L) Two-Week-Old sl2.pk127.e14 Developing Seedling Treated With 2.5 ppm chlorimuron src3c Soybean (Glycine max L) 8 Day Old Root src3c.pk010.i22 Infected With Cyst Nematode srr3c Soybean (Glycine max L) 8 Day Old Root srr3c.pk002.k6 wdk3c Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Developing wdk3c.pk006.n12 Kernel, 14 Days After Anthesis wlm1 Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Seedling 1 wlm1.pk0027.a5 Hour After Inoculation With Erysiphe graminis f. sp tritici wr1 Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Root From 7 wr1.pk0139.g11 Day Old Seedling Light Grown

[0068] cDNA libraries may be prepared by any one of many methods available. For example, the cDNAs may be introduced into plasmid vectors by first preparing the cDNA libraries in Uni-ZAP™ XR vectors according to the manufacturer's protocol (Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, Calif.). The Uni-ZAP™ XR libraries are converted into plasmid libraries according to the protocol provided by Stratagene. Upon conversion, cDNA inserts will be contained in the plasmid vector pBluescript. In addition, the cDNAs may be introduced directly into precut Bluescript II SK(+) vectors (Stratagene) using T4 DNA ligase (New England Biolabs), followed by transfection into DH10B cells according to the manufacturer's protocol (GIBCO BRL Products). Once the cDNA inserts are in plasmid vectors, plasmid DNAs are prepared from randomly picked bacterial colonies containing recombinant pBluescript plasmids, or the insert cDNA sequences are amplified via polymerase chain reaction using primers specific for vector sequences flanking the inserted cDNA sequences. Amplified insert DNAs or plasmid DNAs are sequenced in dye-primer sequencing reactions to generate partial cDNA sequences (expressed sequence tags or “ESTs”; see Adams et al., (1991) Science 252:1651-1656). The resulting ESTs are analyzed using a Perkin Elmer Model 377 fluorescent sequencer.

[0069] Determination of complete nucleotide sequence of cDNA inserts may be accomplished by a number of methods well-known to those skilled in the art (Maniatis). For example, this may be accomplished stepwise, wherein oligonucleotides near the 5′ or 3′ end of the sequence may be synthesized which can then serve as primers for sequencing reactions that will extend the known sequence. Another set of oligonucleotides near the 5′ or 3′ end of the new sequence in the next round prime another set of sequencing reactions to obtain more sequence information. These steps are repeated until the complete nucleotide sequence is determined.

Example 2

[0070] Identification of cDNA Clones

[0071] cDNA clones encoding Myb-related transcription factors were identified by conducting BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Altschul et al. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410; see also www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/) searches for similarity to sequences contained in the BLAST “nr” database (comprising all non-redundant GenBank CDS translations, sequences derived from the 3-dimensional structure Brookhaven Protein Data Bank, the last major release of the SWISS-PROT protein sequence database, EMBL, and DDBJ databases). The cDNA sequences obtained in Example 1 were analyzed for similarity to all publicly available DNA sequences contained in the “nr” database using the BLASTN algorithm provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The DNA sequences were translated in all reading frames and compared for similarity to all publicly available protein sequences contained in the “nr” database using the BLASTX algorithm (Gish and States (1993) Nat. Genet. 3:266-272) provided by the NCBI. For convenience, the P-value (probability) of observing a match of a cDNA sequence to a sequence contained in the searched databases merely by chance as calculated by BLAST are reported herein as “pLog” values, which represent the negative of the logarithm of the reported P-value. Accordingly, the greater the pLog value, the greater the likelihood that the cDNA sequence and the BLAST “hit” represent homologous proteins.

Example 3

[0072] Characterization of cDNA Clones Encodinz Myb-Related Transcription Factors

[0073] The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone cta1n.pk0079.e9 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Craterostigma plantagineum (NCBI Identifier No. gi 1002800). The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone rr1.pk077.n9 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI Identifier No. gi 1732513). The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone sf11.pk0032.g4 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Pisum sativum (NCBI Identifier No. gi 1841475). The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone wr1.pk0139.g11 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI Identifier No. gi 2832500). The BLAST results for each of these ESTs are shown in Table 3: TABLE 3 BLAST Results for Clones Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Plant Myb-related Transcription Factors Clone BLAST pLog Score cta1n.pk0079.e9 39.00 rr1.pk077.n9 27.70 sfl1.pk0032.g4 38.50 wr1.pk0139.g11 16.00

[0074] The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone cta1n.pk0079.e9 is shown in SEQ ID NO:7; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:8. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone rr1.pk077.n9 is shown in SEQ ID NO:11; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:12. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone sf11.pk0032.g4 is shown in SEQ ID NO:27; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:28. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone wr1.pk0139.g11 is shown in SEQ ID NO:55; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:56. BLAST scores and probabilities indicate that the instant nucleic acid fragments encode portions of a Myb-related transcription factor protein.

[0075] The BLASTX search using the EST sequences from clones r10n.pk082.c13 and sgs4c.pk004.j24 revealed similarity of the proteins encoded by the cDNAs to a Myb-related transcription factor protein from Pisum sativum (NCBI Identifier No. gi 82307). The BLAST results for each of these ESTs are shown in Table 4: TABLE 4 BLAST Results for Clones Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Plant Myb-related Transcription Factors Clone BLAST pLog Score rl0n.pk082.c13 62.50 sgs4c.pk004.j24 47.50

[0076] The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone r10n.pk082.c13 is shown in SEQ ID NO:23; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:24. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone sgs4c.pk004.j24 is shown in SEQ ID NO:51; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:52. BLAST scores and probabilities indicate that the instant nucleic acid fragments encode portions of a Myb-related transcription factor protein.

[0077] The BLASTX search using the sequences from clones listed in Table 5 revealed similarity of the polypeptides encoded by the cDNAs to Myb-related transcription factors from different plant species including Pisum sativum (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475), Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI General Identification Nos. 3941480 and 3941528), Craterostigma plantagineum (NCBI General Identification Nos. 1002796, 1002798, and 1002800), and Antirrhinum majus (NCBI General Identification No. 82307). Shown in Table 5 are the BLAST results for individual ESTs (“EST”), the sequences of the entire cDNA inserts comprising the indicated cDNA clones (“FIS”), contigs assembled from two or more ESTs (“Contig”), contigs assembled from an FIS and one or more ESTs (“Contig*”), or sequences encoding the entire protein derived from an FIS, a contig, or an FIS and PCR (“CGS”): TABLE 5 BLAST Results for Sequences Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Myb-related Transcription Factors BLAST Results NCBI General Clone Status Identification No. pLog Score Contig of: Contig 1841475 54.40 csi1n.pk0008.b5 csi1n.pk0028.h7 Contig of: Contig 3941480 70.10 p0008.cb31d06r p0026.ccrbd36rb chpc8.pk0002.d9 EST 1002800 44.70 cta1n.pk0079.e9 CGS 1002800 68.52 Contig of: CGS 3941480 50.00 rr1.pk0027.g9 rr1.pk077.n9 rr1.pk088.p6 EST 3941480 22.52 rr1.pk0037.g7 EST 1002798 79.70 rds3c.pk002.c6 EST 1002798 62.00 Contig of: Contig 1002800 55.04 rlr24.pk0090.f5 rlr48.pk0012.c11 rl0n.pk082.c13 CGS  82307 84.22 sfl1.pk0032.g4 CGS 1841475 96.52 sfl1.pk0086.a9 CGS 1841475 92.22 sfl1.pk0091.a2 CGS 1841475 75.10 sfl1.pk0105.e6 CGS 1841475 96.40 sfl1.pk125.p19 FIS 1841475 90.52 se6.pk0048.a12 FIS 1002798 66.70 sfl1.pk0003.a3 CGS 1002796 59.70 srr3c.pk002.k6 CGS 1002798 77.40 ses9c.pk002.o16 CGS 1002798 73.70 sl2.pk127.e14 CGS 1002800 60.70 src3c.pk010.i22 CGS 1002800 57.05 sgs4c.pk004.j24 CGS  82307 90.52 wr1.pk0139.g11 FIS 3941480 48.52 wdk3c.pk006.n12 EST 1002796 43.70 wlm1.pk0027.a5 EST 3941528 73.70

[0078]FIG. 1 presents an alignment of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:10, 14, 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, and 54 and the Pisum sativum sequence (NCBI Geeral Identification No. 1841475; SEQ ID NO:63). The data in Table 6 represents a calculation of the percent identity of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:10, 14, 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, and 54 and the Pisum sativum sequence (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475; SEQ ID NO:63). TABLE 6 Percent Identity of Amino Acid Sequences Deduced From the Nucleotide Sequences of cDNA Clones Encoding Polypeptides Homo- logous to Myb-related Transcription Factors Percent Identity to SEQ ID NO. NCBI General Identification No. 1841475 10 43.8 14 33.2 26 30.9 30 75.6 32 74.1 34 64.1 36 77.7 42 43.8 44 48.5 46 46.5 48 45.6 50 46.1 54 31.8

[0079] Sequence alignments and percent identity calculations were performed using the Megalign program of the LASERGENE bioinformatics computing suite (DNASTAR Inc., Madison, Wis.). Multiple alignment of the sequences was performed using the Clustal method of alignment (Higgins and Sharp (1989) CABIOS. 5:151-153) with the default parameters (GAP PENALTY=10, GAP LENGTH PENALTY=10). Default parameters for pairwise alignments using the Clustal method were KTUPLE 1, GAP PENALTY=3, WINDOW=5 and DIAGONALS SAVED=5. Sequence alignments and BLAST scores and probalities indicate that the nucleic acid fragments comprising the instant cDNA clones encode all or a substantial portion of a Myb-related transcription factor. These sequences represent the first soybean and wheat sequences encoding Myb-related transcription factors. Nuclic acid fragments encoding Myb-related transcription factors have previously been isolated from rice and corn (Marocco et al. (1989) Mol Gen Genet 216:183-187; Pandolfi et al. (1997) Plant Physiol 114:747).

Example 4

[0080] Expression of Chimeric Genes in Monocot Cells

[0081] A chimeric gene comprising a cDNA encoding the instant polypeptide in sense orientation with respect to the maize 27 kD zein promoter that is located 5′ to the cDNA fragment, and the 10 kD zein 3′ end that is located 3′ to the cDNA fragment, can be constructed. The cDNA fragment of this gene may be generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the cDNA clone using appropriate oligonucleotide primers. Cloning sites (NcoI or SmaI) can be incorporated into the oligonucleotides to provide proper orientation of the DNA fragment when inserted into the digested vector pML103 as described below. Amplification is then performed in a standard PCR. The amplified DNA is then digested with restriction enzymes NcoI and SmaI and fractionated on an agarose gel. The appropriate band can be isolated from the gel and combined with a 4.9 kb NcoI-Smal fragment of the plasmid pML103. Plasmid pML103 has been deposited under the terms of the Budapest Treaty at ATCC (American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, Va. 20110-2209), and bears accession number ATCC 97366. The DNA segment from pML103 contains a 1.05 kb SalI-NcoI promoter fragment of the maize 27 kD zein gene and a 0.96 kb SmaI-SalI fragment from the 3′ end of the maize 10 kD zein gene in the vector pGem9Zf(+) (Promega). Vector and insert DNA can be ligated at 15° C. overnight, essentially as described (Maniatis). The ligated DNA may then be used to transform E. coli XL1-Blue (Epicurian Coli XL-1 Blue™; Stratagene). Bacterial transformants can be screened by restriction enzyme digestion of plasmid DNA and limited nucleotide sequence analysis using the dideoxy chain termination method (Sequenase™ DNA Sequencing Kit; U.S. Biochemical). The resulting plasmid construct would comprise a chimeric gene encoding, in the 5′ to 3′ direction, the maize 27 kD zein promoter, a cDNA fragment encoding the instant polypeptide, and the 10 kD zein 3′ region.

[0082] The chimeric gene described above can then be introduced into corn cells by the following procedure. Immature corn embryos can be dissected from developing caryopses derived from crosses of the inbred corn lines H99 and LH132. The embryos are isolated 10 to 11 days after pollination when they are 1.0 to 1.5 mm long. The embryos are then placed with the axis-side facing down and in contact with agarose-solidified N6 medium (Chu et al. (1975) Sci. Sin. Peking 18:659-668). The embryos are kept in the dark at 27° C. Friable embryogenic callus consisting of undifferentiated masses of cells with somatic proembryoids and embryoids borne on suspensor structures proliferates from the scutellum of these immature embryos. The embryogenic callus isolated from the primary explant can be cultured on N6 medium and sub-cultured on this medium every 2 to 3 weeks.

[0083] The plasmid, p35S/Ac (obtained from Dr. Peter Eckes, Hoechst Ag, Frankfurt, Germany) may be used in transformation experiments in order to provide for a selectable marker. This plasmid contains the Pat gene (see European Patent Publication 0 242 236) which encodes phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (PAT). The enzyme PAT confers resistance to herbicidal glutamine synthetase inhibitors such as phosphinothricin. The pat gene in p35S/Ac is under the control of the 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (Odell et al. (1985) Nature 313:810-812) and the 3′ region of the nopaline synthase gene from the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

[0084] The particle bombardment method (Klein et al. (1987) Nature 327:70-73) may be used to transfer genes to the callus culture cells. According to this method, gold particles (1 μm in diameter) are coated with DNA using the following technique. Ten μg of plasmid DNAs are added to 50 μL of a suspension of gold particles (60 mg per mL). Calcium chloride (50 μL of a 2.5 M solution) and spermidine free base (20 μL of a 1.0 M solution) are added to the particles. The suspension is vortexed during the addition of these solutions. After 10 minutes, the tubes are briefly centrifuged (5 sec at 15,000 rpm) and the supernatant removed. The particles are resuspended in 200 μL of absolute ethanol, centrifuged again and the supernatant removed. The ethanol rinse is performed again and the particles resuspended in a final volume of 30 μL of ethanol. An aliquot (5 μL) of the DNA-coated gold particles can be placed in the center of a Kapton™ flying disc (Bio-Rad Labs). The particles are then accelerated into the corn tissue with a Biolistic™ PDS-1000/He (Bio-Rad Instruments, Hercules Calif.), using a helium pressure of 1000 psi, a gap distance of 0.5 cm and a flying distance of 1.0 cm.

[0085] For bombardment, the embryogenic tissue is placed on filter paper over agarose-solidified N6 medium. The tissue is arranged as a thin lawn and covered a circular area of about 5 cm in diameter. The petri dish containing the tissue can be placed in the chamber of the PDS-1000/He approximately 8 cm from the stopping screen. The air in the chamber is then evacuated to a vacuum of 28 inches of Hg. The macrocarrier is accelerated with a helium shock wave using a rupture membrane that bursts when the He pressure in the shock tube reaches 1000 psi.

[0086] Seven days after bombardment the tissue can be transferred to N6 medium that contains gluphosinate (2 mg per liter) and lacks casein or proline. The tissue continues to grow slowly on this medium. After an additional 2 weeks the tissue can be transferred to fresh N6 medium containing gluphosinate. After 6 weeks, areas of about 1 cm in diameter of actively growing callus can be identified on some of the plates containing the glufosinate-supplemented medium. These calli may continue to grow when sub-cultured on the selective medium.

[0087] Plants can be regenerated from the transgenic callus by first transferring clusters of tissue to N6 medium supplemented with 0.2 mg per liter of 2,4-D. After two weeks the tissue can be transferred to regeneration medium (Fromm et al. (1990) Bio/Technology 8:833-839).

Example 5

[0088] Expression of Chimeric Genes in Dicot Cells

[0089] A seed-specific expression cassette composed of the promoter and transcription terminator from the gene encoding the β subunit of the seed storage protein phaseolin from the bean Phaseolus vulgaris (Doyle et al. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261:9228-9238) can be used for expression of the instant polypeptides in transformed soybean. The phaseolin cassette includes about 500 nucleotides upstream (5′) from the translation initiation codon and about 1650 nucleotides downstream (3′) from the translation stop codon of phaseolin. Between the 5′ and 3′ regions are the unique restriction endonuclease sites Nco I (which includes the ATG translation initiation codon), Sma I, Kpn I and Xba I. The entire cassette is flanked by Hind III sites.

[0090] The cDNA fragment of this gene may be generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the cDNA clone using appropriate oligonucleotide primers. Cloning sites can be incorporated into the oligonucleotides to provide proper orientation of the DNA fragment when inserted into the expression vector. Amplification is then performed as described above, and the isolated fragment is inserted into a pUC18 vector carrying the seed expression cassette.

[0091] Soybean embryos may then be transformed with the expression vector comprising sequences encoding the instant polypeptides. To induce somatic embryos, cotyledons, 3-5 mm in length dissected from surface sterilized, immature seeds of the soybean cultivar A2872, can be cultured in the light or dark at 26° C. on an appropriate agar medium for 6-10 weeks. Somatic embryos which produce secondary embryos are then excised and placed into a suitable liquid medium. After repeated selection for clusters of somatic embryos which multiplied as early, globular staged embryos, the suspensions are maintained as described below.

[0092] Soybean embryogenic suspension cultures can maintained in 35 mL liquid media on a rotary shaker, 150 rpm, at 26° C. with florescent lights on a 16:8 hour day/night schedule. Cultures are subcultured every two weeks by inoculating approximately 35 mg of tissue into 35 mL of liquid medium.

[0093] Soybean embryogenic suspension cultures may then be transformed by the method of particle gun bombardment (Klein et al. (1987) Nature (London) 327:70-73, U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050). A DuPont Biolistic™ PDS1000/HE instrument (helium retrofit) can be used for these transformations.

[0094] A selectable marker gene which can be used to facilitate soybean transformation is a chimeric gene composed of the 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (Odell et al. (1985) Nature 313:810-812), the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene from plasmid pJR225 (from E. coli; Gritz et al.(1983) Gene 25:179-188) and the 3′ region of the nopaline synthase gene from the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The seed expression cassette comprising the phaseolin 5′ region, the fragment encoding the instant polypeptide and the phaseolin 3′ region can be isolated as a restriction fragment. This fragment can then be inserted into a unique restriction site of the vector carrying the marker gene.

[0095] To 50 μL of a 60 mg/mL 1 μm gold particle suspension is added (in order): 5 μL DNA (1 μg/μL), 20 μl spermidine (0.1 M), and 50 μL CaCl₂ (2.5 M). The particle preparation is then agitated for three minutes, spun in a microfuge for 10 seconds and the supernatant removed. The DNA-coated particles are then washed once in 400 μL 70% ethanol and resuspended in 40 μL of anhydrous ethanol. The DNA/particle suspension can be sonicated three times for one second each. Five μL of the DNA-coated gold particles are then loaded on each macro carrier disk.

[0096] Approximately 300-400 mg of a two-week-old suspension culture is placed in an empty 60×15 mm petri dish and the residual liquid removed from the tissue with a pipette. For each transformation experiment, approximately 5-10 plates of tissue are normally bombarded. Membrane rupture pressure is set at 1100 psi and the chamber is evacuated to a vacuum of 28 inches mercury. The tissue is placed approximately 3.5 inches away from the retaining screen and bombarded three times. Following bombardment, the tissue can be divided in half and placed back into liquid and cultured as described above.

[0097] Five to seven days post bombardment, the liquid media may be exchanged with fresh media, and eleven to twelve days post bombardment with fresh media containing 50 mg/mL hygromycin. This selective media can be refreshed weekly. Seven to eight weeks post bombardment, green, transformed tissue may be observed growing from untransformed, necrotic embryogenic clusters. Isolated green tissue is removed and inoculated into individual flasks to generate new, clonally propagated, transformed embryogenic suspension cultures. Each new line may be treated as an independent transformation event. These suspensions can then be subcultured and maintained as clusters of immature embryos or regenerated into whole plants by maturation and germination of individual somatic embryos.

Example 6

[0098] Expression of Chimeric Genes in Microbial Cells

[0099] The cDNAs encoding the instant polypeptides can be inserted into the T7 E. coli expression vector pBT430. This vector is a derivative of pET-3a (Rosenberg et al. (1987) Gene 56:125-135) which employs the bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase/T7 promoter system. Plasmid pBT430 was constructed by first destroying the EcoR I and Hind III sites in pET-3a at their original positions. An oligonucleotide adaptor containing EcoR I and Hind III sites was inserted at the BamH I site of pET-3a. This created pET-3aM with additional unique cloning sites for insertion of genes into the expression vector. Then, the Nde I site at the position of translation initiation was converted to an Nco I site using oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. The DNA sequence of pET-3aM in this region, 5′-CATATGG, was converted to 5′-CCCATGG in pBT430.

[0100] Plasmid DNA containing a cDNA may be appropriately digested to release a nucleic acid fragment encoding the protein. This fragment may then be purified on a 1% NuSieve GTG™ low melting agarose gel (FMC). Buffer and agarose contain 10 μg/ml ethidium bromide for visualization of the DNA fragment. The fragment can then be purified from the agarose gel by digestion with GELase™ (Epicentre Technologies) according to the manufacturer's instructions, ethanol precipitated, dried and resuspended in 20 μL of water. Appropriate oligonucleotide adapters may be ligated to the fragment using T4 DNA ligase (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.). The fragment containing the ligated adapters can be purified from the excess adapters using low melting agarose as described above. The vector pBT430 is digested, dephosphorylated with alkaline phosphatase (NEB) and deproteinized with phenol/chloroform as described above. The prepared vector pBT430 and fragment can then be ligated at 16° C. for 15 hours followed by transformation into DH5 electrocompetent cells (GIBCO BRL). Transformants can be selected on agar plates containing LB media and 100 μg/mL ampicillin. Transformants containing the gene encoding the instant polypeptide are then screened for the correct orientation with respect to the T7 promoter by restriction enzyme analysis.

[0101] For high level expression, a plasmid clone with the cDNA insert in the correct orientation relative to the T7 promoter can be transformed into E. coli strain BL21(DE3) (Studier et al. (1986) J. Mol. Biol. 189:113-130). Cultures are grown in LB medium containing ampicillin (100 mg/L) at 25° C. At an optical density at 600 nm of approximately 1, IPTG (isopropylthio-β-galactoside, the inducer) can be added to a final concentration of 0.4 mM and incubation can be continued for 3 h at 25°. Cells are then harvested by centrifugation and re-suspended in 50 μL of 50 mM Tris-HCl at pH 8.0 containing 0.1 mM DTT and 0.2 mM phenyl methylsulfonyl fluoride. A small amount of 1 mm glass beads can be added and the mixture sonicated 3 times for about 5 seconds each time with a microprobe sonicator. The mixture is centrifuged and the protein concentration of the supernatant determined. One μg of protein from the soluble fraction of the culture can be separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Gels can be observed for protein bands migrating at the expected molecular weight.

Example 7

[0102] Assaying Myb-Related Transcription Factor Activity

[0103] The polypeptides described herein may be produced using any number of methods known to those skilled in the art. Such methods include, but are not limited to, expression in bacteria as described in Example 6, or expression in eukaryotic cell culture, inplanta, and using viral expression systems in suitably infected organisms or cell lines. The instant −4B. In an alternate embodiment, a thioredoxin fusion protein may be eluted using dithiothreitol; however, elution may be accomplished using other reagents which interact to displace the thioredoxin from the resin. These reagents include β-mercaptoethanol or other reduced thiol. The eluted fusion protein may be subjected to further purification by polypeptides may be expressed either as mature forms of the proteins as observed in vivo or as fusion proteins by covalent attachment to a variety of enzymes, proteins or affmity tags. Common fusion protein partners include glutathione S-transferase (“GST”), thioredoxin (“Trx”), maltose binding protein, and C- and/or N-terminal hexahistidine polypeptide (“(His)₆”). The fusion proteins may be engineered with a protease recognition site at the fusion point so that fusion partners can be separated by protease digestion to yield intact mature enzyme. Examples of such proteases include thrombin, enterokinase and factor Xa. However, any protease can be used which specifically cleaves the peptide connecting the fusion protein and the enzyme.

[0104] Purification of the instant polypeptides, if desired, may utilize any number of separation technologies familiar to those skilled in the art of protein purification. Examples of such methods include, but are not limited to, homogenization, filtration, centrifugation, heat denaturation, ammonium sulfate precipitation, desalting, pH precipitation, ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and affinity chromatography, wherein the affinity ligand represents a substrate, substrate analog or inhibitor. When the instant polypeptides are expressed as fusion proteins, the purification protocol may include the use of an affinity resin which is specific for the fusion protein tag attached to the expressed enzyme or an affinity resin containing ligands which are specific for the enzyme. For example, the instant polypeptides may be expressed as a fusion protein coupled to the C-terminus of thioredoxin. In addition, a (His)₆ peptide may be engineered into the N-terninus of the fused thioredoxin moiety to afford additional opportunities for affinity purification. Other suitable affinity resins could be synthesized by linking the appropriate ligands to any suitable resin such as Sepharosetraditional means as stated above, if desired. Proteolytic cleavage of the thioredoxin fusion protein and the enzyme may be accomplished after the fusion protein is purified or while the protein is still bound to the ThioBond™ affinity resin or other resin.

[0105] Crude, partially purified or purified enzyme, either alone or as a fusion protein, may be utilized in assays to verify over- or underexpression of functional Myb-related transcription factor protein in transgenic plants and transformed bacterial cells. Assays may be conducted under well known experimental conditions which permit optimal enzymatic activity. For example, assays for Myb-related transcription factors are presented by Moyano et al. (1996) Plant Cell 8:1519-1532.

[0106] Various modifications of the invention in addition to those shown and described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description. Such modifications are also intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

[0107] The disclosure of each reference set forth above is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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Gln Leu Val Cys Thr Val Arg Leu Phe Gly Glu Arg Arg 20 25 30 Trp Asp Phe Ile Ala Lys Val Ser Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser 35 40 45 Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg Gly 50 55 60 Arg Met Ser Pro His Glu Glu Arg Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ala Arg 65 70 75 80 Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg Ile Ala Arg Arg Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr 85 90 95 Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr His Met Arg Lys Lys Ala 100 105 110 Gln Glu Arg Lys Arg Asn Met Ser Pro Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu 115 120 125 Ser Tyr Gln Ser Gly Tyr Pro Asp Thr Pro Ser Ile Ile Gly Val Lys 130 135 140 Gly Gln Glu Leu His Gly Gly Ser Gly Cys Ile Thr Ser Ile Leu Lys 145 150 155 160 Gly Thr His Pro Asp Met Asp Gly Tyr Pro Met Asp Gln Ile Trp Met 165 170 175 Glu Leu Lys 5 601 DNA Zea mays unsure (451) unsure (456) unsure (478) unsure (480) unsure (490) unsure (510) unsure (542) unsure (549) unsure (552) unsure (554) unsure (572) unsure (578) unsure (583) unsure (588) unsure (595) unsure (601) 5 aaccgccgat catcggctat acctaccagc tcgctgttct tgctgaagcc ctggagctat 60 atagcttcga tctgcgcagc acaggttgtc tgtcgactag tgattagtga agaagatggc 120 ggcgcgtgac caccgagagc tgagcggcga cgaggactcc gtggtggcgg ccggagacct 180 ccgccgcggg ccgtggacgg tggaggagga catgctcctc gtcaactacg tcgccgcgca 240 cggcgagggc cgctggaacg cgctggcacg atgcgcaggg ctccggcgga cggggaagag 300 ctgccgcctg cggtggctca actacctgcg gccggacctg cggcggggca acatcacggc 360 gcaagagcaa ctgctcatcc tggagctgca ctcccgctgg ggcaaccgct ggtcaagatc 420 gcgcagcacc tccaagggca acgacaacga natcanaact actggcgcac cggttcanan 480 cacccagcan ctcaatgcaa ctcaaagcan cgctcaagga ctcagcgcta atctggatgc 540 gngctcccna angnaccgtc gacatccggg angggctnct ttngagcnca cccancaaac 600 n 601 6 120 PRT Zea mays UNSURE (101) UNSURE (113)..(114) 6 Met Ala Ala Arg Asp His Arg Glu Leu Ser Gly Asp Glu Asp Ser Val 1 5 10 15 Val Ala Ala Gly Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Glu Glu Asp 20 25 30 Met Leu Leu Val Asn Tyr Val Ala Ala His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn 35 40 45 Ala Leu Ala Arg Cys Ala Gly Leu Arg Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg 50 55 60 Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile 65 70 75 80 Thr Ala Gln Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly 85 90 95 Asn Arg Trp Ser Xaa Ile Ala Gln His Leu Gln Gly Gln Arg Gln Arg 100 105 110 Xaa Xaa Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Gly 115 120 7 547 DNA Zea mays unsure (356) unsure (374) unsure (479) unsure (508) unsure (532) 7 ccgataccgg cctcaacgcc ctctttttcc cagcctcaca accaattcct gtttcagtcg 60 atcgcagtta gcatggccac gacacagagc tgtcagagca ggagcagcgc ctgcagcaag 120 gctgctgctt gcttcccggc cgccgtagcg gtcgacgagg agcacggcca ccacagccac 180 cagctgaagg gaggagcgca ggaggaggct gagaacgaca ataataagcc ggagctccgg 240 cgtggcccct ggacggtaga cgaggacctc accctcgtca actacatcgc cgacaacggc 300 gagggtccct ggaacaacct cgcccgcgcc gccgggctga agcggacggg caaganctgc 360 cggctgcggt ggcncaacta cctccggccc gacgtgaagc gtgggaactt cagcgccgac 420 gagcagctgc tcatctcgac ctcacaccgc tggggcaacc gatgtcgaag atagcgcanc 480 acctgccggg aaggacggca acgagatnaa gaactactgg aggaccgggt gnataacacg 540 caagatc 547 8 72 PRT Zea mays UNSURE (42) UNSURE (48) 8 Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu Thr Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asp Asn Gly Glu Gly Pro Trp Asn Asn Leu Ala Arg 20 25 30 Ala Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Xaa Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Xaa 35 40 45 Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Ser Ala Asp Glu 50 55 60 Gln Leu Leu Ile Ser Thr Ser His 65 70 9 1317 DNA Zea mays 9 gcacgagccg ataccggcct caacgccctc tttttcccag cctcacaacc aattcctgtt 60 tcagtcgatc gcagttagca tggccacgac acagagctgt cagagcagga gcagcgcctg 120 cagcaaggct gctgcttgct tcccggccgc cgtagcggtc gacgaggagc acggccacca 180 cagccaccag ctgaagggag gagcgcagga ggaggctgag aacgacaata ataagccgga 240 gctccggcgt ggcccctgga cggtagacga ggacctcacc ctcgtcaact acatcgccga 300 caacggcgag ggtcgctgga acaacctcgc ccgcgccgcc gggctgaagc ggacgggcaa 360 gagctgccgg ctgcggtggc tcaactacct ccggcccgac gtgaagcgtg gcaacttcag 420 cgccgacgag cagctgctca tcctcgacct ccacacccgc tggggcaacc gatggtcgaa 480 gatagcgcag cacctgccgg gaaggacgga caacgagatc aagaactact ggaggacccg 540 ggtgcagaag cacgccaagc agctcaactg cgacgccaac agcaagcgct tcaaggacgc 600 catgcgctac ctctggatgc cgcacctcgc cgacgacgtc gataccatcg ctgcggccaa 660 cgacgacgac gaagaccacc accacaacct acgcctcctc gtcctgcacc accaccaggc 720 ccagcacctg cagcaagctg ctgccgcggc cggcggcgct gccaacgacc ttgctgcggg 780 cgcctacgac gtccgccagc tgcacgcgct gccgtcgtcg ggcatggcgg cgacgtcgtc 840 gtccgactcg ctcgcgtcgg agtcgtacga tgacggaggc ctgcttttcg cgaacttgcg 900 cgccggcgag atgctgatgg acggcggaga ttgggcggcg cagcaggagg ccgaccaagg 960 gctgtggccg ccgccgccgc cgccgccgtc tgatcttgat cagtcggtgg tgcaggctgc 1020 tggtgccggc gctggccagt ttcaggacat ggagctcagt ggttgggtgc aaggcttctc 1080 cgagagcatt acagataact tttgggcctt ggaggaaatt tggaagatgc aatgagcgag 1140 caattttaca tcttacacat ccatccaaat taaagacaac atagatacac atatacatat 1200 catatattct aacaacaggt gccatatacg atatacatac acaagttgtt gtatagttgt 1260 attccgctta tatatatatt ttttttgcct ctcaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa 1317 10 351 PRT Zea mays 10 Met Ala Thr Thr Gln Ser Cys Gln Ser Arg Ser Ser Ala Cys Ser Lys 1 5 10 15 Ala Ala Ala Cys Phe Pro Ala Ala Val Ala Val Asp Glu Glu His Gly 20 25 30 His His Ser His Gln Leu Lys Gly Gly Ala Gln Glu Glu Ala Glu Asn 35 40 45 Asp Asn Asn Lys Pro Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu 50 55 60 Asp Leu Thr Leu Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asp Asn Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp 65 70 75 80 Asn Asn Leu Ala Arg Ala Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys 85 90 95 Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn 100 105 110 Phe Ser Ala Asp Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Asp Leu His Thr Arg Trp 115 120 125 Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp 130 135 140 Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys 145 150 155 160 Gln Leu Asn Cys Asp Ala Asn Ser Lys Arg Phe Lys Asp Ala Met Arg 165 170 175 Tyr Leu Trp Met Pro His Leu Ala Asp Asp Val Asp Thr Ile Ala Ala 180 185 190 Ala Asn Asp Asp Asp Glu Asp His His His Asn Leu Arg Leu Leu Val 195 200 205 Leu His His His Gln Ala Gln His Leu Gln Gln Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala 210 215 220 Gly Gly Ala Ala Asn Asp Leu Ala Ala Gly Ala Tyr Asp Val Arg Gln 225 230 235 240 Leu His Ala Leu Pro Ser Ser Gly Met Ala Ala Thr Ser Ser Ser Asp 245 250 255 Ser Leu Ala Ser Glu Ser Tyr Asp Asp Gly Gly Leu Leu Phe Ala Asn 260 265 270 Leu Arg Ala Gly Glu Met Leu Met Asp Gly Gly Asp Trp Ala Ala Gln 275 280 285 Gln Glu Ala Asp Gln Gly Leu Trp Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Ser 290 295 300 Asp Leu Asp Gln Ser Val Val Gln Ala Ala Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gln 305 310 315 320 Phe Gln Asp Met Glu Leu Ser Gly Trp Val Gln Gly Phe Ser Glu Ser 325 330 335 Ile Thr Asp Asn Phe Trp Ala Leu Glu Glu Ile Trp Lys Met Gln 340 345 350 11 488 DNA Oryza sativa 11 ggttcgtgcg gctgctgggc gaacggcggt gggatttctt agcaaaggtg tcaggtttgc 60 gcggcggcgg gtgatgagca tatgcgtgcg tgcatctaat ctatcgatta attgttgatg 120 atgtcgatca gatggatgga tgcatgcata tgccgtacat agtagatttg atgatagtaa 180 ctgacataaa tataatgtat gcgtgcgatc aacgctggtt gttggatcgt ccgtcgtgtg 240 tatgggtggt gtgtggctga tgcaggtttg cagcgcagcg ggaagagctg ccgtctccgg 300 tgggtgaact acctgcatcc agggctgaag cgagggagga tgagccccga ggaggagagg 360 atggtggtgc agctccacgc caagctcggc aacaggtggt ctcgcatcgc caagagcatt 420 cctggccgca ccgacaacga gatcaagaac tactggcgca cccacctgcg caagctcaag 480 ctcaaaca 488 12 71 PRT Oryza sativa 12 Val Tyr Gly Trp Cys Val Ala Asp Ala Gly Leu Gln Arg Ser Gly Lys 1 5 10 15 Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg 20 25 30 Gly Arg Met Ser Pro Glu Glu Glu Arg Met Val Val Gln Leu His Ala 35 40 45 Lys Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg Ile Ala Lys Ser Ile Pro Gly Arg 50 55 60 Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn 65 70 13 1123 DNA Oryza sativa 13 gcattctttt tctgcatcat catcgtcgtc ttcgtcttct tcttgttcag tagtgcagct 60 gggtcatcat cagcgcccac agggtgagga ccctctcatc ggcatcaaag cagcagcagc 120 aggaggagga ggaataatga gaaagggccc gtggacggag caggaggacg tgcagttggt 180 ttggttcgtg cggctgctgg gcgaacggcg gtgggatttc ttagcaaagg tgtcaggttt 240 gcagcgcagc gggaagagct gccgtctccg gtgggtgaac tacctgcatc cagggctgaa 300 gcgagggagg atgagccccg aggaggagag gatggtggtg cagctccacg ccaagctcgg 360 caacaggtgg tctcgcatcg ccaagagcat tcctggccgc accgacaacg agatcaagaa 420 ctactggcgc acccacctgc gcaagctcaa gctcaaacag caaaagcagc agcagtccga 480 cgaccaccac aacgacaacg acgacgacga cgaccgcaac tcctcctcct cttcgtcctc 540 ctccaacagc aacagcaacc tgcagcagca gccgcagcca gaggatgagt cgtcggccag 600 tggcagcctg caggcccaac atcatgagga ccagcaccaa ctgttccttc atcctctctg 660 gaacgacgac atcatcgtcg acgtcgactg ctggagcagc agcaccaacg tcgtcgctcc 720 gccgccgatg cccgcctcgc cgctctggga tatcgatgac gccttcttct gctcggatta 780 ttcgctacct ctctggggat agtatatatc atccatcagc cgccaagacg atgacgacta 840 catcaactcg atcgatcgat gcctcctaat catgtgggag tactcagctc atctcaattg 900 ttacatcctt gctacagctg ctaattactg taattactag cttgcatata gggatcgacg 960 gaggaattaa tatatacatg ttagtaactc gttctatagc gcaacttgca gttgcatctc 1020 aatctctgat cagtactata taaatatata tatatatgta acagctgcta gctatagcta 1080 gctgcgtaca catccatatg aatgtgtgtg tgttcatgct aaa 1123 14 221 PRT Oryza sativa 14 Met Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gln Leu Val Trp 1 5 10 15 Phe Val Arg Leu Leu Gly Glu Arg Arg Trp Asp Phe Leu Ala Lys Val 20 25 30 Ser Gly Leu Gln Arg Ser Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn 35 40 45 Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg Gly Arg Met Ser Pro Glu Glu Glu 50 55 60 Arg Met Val Val Gln Leu His Ala Lys Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg 65 70 75 80 Ile Ala Lys Ser Ile Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 85 90 95 Trp Arg Thr His Leu Arg Lys Leu Lys Leu Lys Gln Gln Lys Gln Gln 100 105 110 Gln Ser Asp Asp His His Asn Asp Asn Asp Asp Asp Asp Asp Arg Asn 115 120 125 Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Asn Ser Asn Ser Asn Leu Gln Gln 130 135 140 Gln Pro Gln Pro Glu Asp Glu Ser Ser Ala Ser Gly Ser Leu Gln Ala 145 150 155 160 Gln His His Glu Asp Gln His Gln Leu Phe Leu His Pro Leu Trp Asn 165 170 175 Asp Asp Ile Ile Val Asp Val Asp Cys Trp Ser Ser Ser Thr Asn Val 180 185 190 Val Ala Pro Pro Pro Met Pro Ala Ser Pro Leu Trp Asp Ile Asp Asp 195 200 205 Ala Phe Phe Cys Ser Asp Tyr Ser Leu Pro Leu Trp Gly 210 215 220 15 336 DNA Oryza sativa unsure (308) 15 tctggagttg atcaaggctc taaacgtgaa gctggagcca acaaactcaa agaggaagaa 60 gaacacggag agtggctccc atcctatcca aggtaagaag tgaacaacgt tagcattgca 120 acatcccaag ccccaatatg gtgacagtga gagaggagat gcgcaaggga ccatggacag 180 agcaggagga cctgcaactg gtatgcactg tccgcctgtt cggtgaccgc cgttgggatt 240 tcgttgccaa agtatcaggt ttgagggggc tcaataggac aggcaagagc tgccgcctcc 300 gttgggtnaa ctaactccaa ccctgggcct caagca 336 16 62 PRT Oryza sativa UNSURE (59) 16 Met Val Thr Val Arg Glu Glu Met Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Glu Gln 1 5 10 15 Glu Asp Leu Gln Leu Val Cys Thr Val Arg Leu Phe Gly Asp Arg Arg 20 25 30 Trp Asp Phe Val Ala Lys Val Ser Gly Leu Arg Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr 35 40 45 Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn Xaa Leu Gln Pro 50 55 60 17 587 DNA Oryza sativa unsure (577) unsure (582)..(583) unsure (587) 17 ctctactaca cacttgctct gcccgatgat gatggcgcga gaggtgagca gcgaggagga 60 ggctggcggc ggcgacgagc tccggcgagg gccgtggacg gtggaggagg acctgctcct 120 cgtcaactac atcgccgccc atggcgaggg ccgctggaac gcgctcgcgc gctgcgccgg 180 gctgaagcgg acggggaaga gctgccggct gcggtggctg aactacctga ggccggacgt 240 gaggaggggg aacatgacgg cggaggagca gctgctgata ctggagctcc atgggcggtg 300 ggggaatcgg tggagcaaga tcgcgcagca tctccccggc cgcaccgaca acgagatcaa 360 gaactactgg cgcacccgcg tccagaagca cgccaagcac ctcaactgcg acgtcaactc 420 ccagcagttc aaggacctca tgcgctacct ctggatgccc gcctcctcga acgcatcaac 480 gctcctccca atccaatcca cgacccgacg acccgactct cgtctccgcc gcacactgat 540 cactcgactc tctcacgcca taacgccgct cgcatgncga annacan 587 18 145 PRT Oryza sativa 18 Met Met Met Ala Arg Glu Val Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Ala Gly Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Asp Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Glu Glu Asp Leu Leu Leu 20 25 30 Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Ala His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Ala Leu Ala 35 40 45 Arg Cys Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp 50 55 60 Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Met Thr Ala Glu 65 70 75 80 Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Gly Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp 85 90 95 Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys 100 105 110 Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys His Leu Asn Cys 115 120 125 Asp Val Asn Ser Gln Gln Phe Lys Asp Leu Met Arg Tyr Leu Trp Met 130 135 140 Pro 145 19 440 DNA Oryza sativa 19 gccgccggtc tgaagaggac tgggaagagc tgccggctcc ggtggctgaa ctatctccgg 60 ccggatgtga agcgcggcaa cttcaccgca gaggagcagc tgctcatcct cgacctccac 120 tcccgatggg gcaaccgatg gtccaagata gcacaacatt tgcctgggag gaccgacgac 180 gagatcaaga actactggag gaccagagtg caaaagcatg ccaagcaact caattgtgat 240 gtcaacagca agaggttcaa ggatgccatg aagtacctat ggatgcctcg ccttgccgag 300 cgcatccatg ccagggctgg cgctgttgat gatagcggag actacagcaa caacgactta 360 tcatgtgtat ctggtgtaac aatggccact gttgctaatt gttttgatgg ctctccgagc 420 atggtgacta gctcatcctc 440 20 146 PRT Oryza sativa 20 Ala Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu 1 5 10 15 Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Ala Glu Glu 20 25 30 Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Asp Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser 35 40 45 Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asp Glu Ile Lys Asn 50 55 60 Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys Gln Leu Asn Cys Asp 65 70 75 80 Val Asn Ser Lys Arg Phe Lys Asp Ala Met Lys Tyr Leu Trp Met Pro 85 90 95 Arg Leu Ala Glu Arg Ile His Ala Arg Ala Gly Ala Val Asp Asp Ser 100 105 110 Gly Asp Tyr Ser Asn Asn Asp Leu Ser Cys Val Ser Gly Val Thr Met 115 120 125 Ala Thr Val Ala Asn Cys Phe Asp Gly Ser Pro Ser Met Val Thr Ser 130 135 140 Ser Ser 145 21 640 DNA Oryza sativa unsure (355) unsure (498) unsure (534) unsure (543) unsure (582) unsure (597) unsure (606) unsure (619) unsure (634) 21 ggcgtacatc catccatcca tccatctatc cagagagcac agcaacggcg catatatagt 60 acccctctac caaagcacaa caaccagaat ctcctgagct cgatctagct actagcttga 120 tctatccgat caatcgactg gcccgcgagg atcgatcgag actcgaaagg gagggatttt 180 gatccggatc ggtcgacgat ggacatggcg cacgagaggg acgcgagcag cgaggaggag 240 gtgatgggcg gcgacctgcg tcgcgggccg tggacggtgg aggaggacct cctgctcgtc 300 aactacatcg ccgcgcacgg cgagggccgc tggaactcgc tcgcccgatc agcanggctg 360 aaacgcacag gcaagagctg ccggctccgg tggctgaact acctccgccc cgacctccgg 420 cgaggcaaca tcacgccgca agagcagctg ctcatcctgg agctgcactc gcggtgggga 480 aaccgctggt ccaagatngc gcagcacctc ccgggaagca ccgacaacga gatnaagaat 540 acnggcgcac gcggtgcaga agcacccaag cagtcaagtg cnactcaaca gcaacantta 600 aggacncatg cgctactcng gatgcccgct cttnagggat 640 22 115 PRT Oryza sativa UNSURE (53) UNSURE (100) UNSURE (112) 22 Met Asp Met Ala His Glu Arg Asp Ala Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Val Met 1 5 10 15 Gly Gly Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Glu Glu Asp Leu Leu 20 25 30 Leu Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Ala His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Ser Leu 35 40 45 Ala Arg Ser Ala Xaa Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg 50 55 60 Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro 65 70 75 80 Gln Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg 85 90 95 Trp Ser Lys Xaa Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Ser Thr Asp Asn Glu Xaa 100 105 110 Lys Asn Thr 115 23 484 DNA Oryza sativa unsure (118) unsure (298) unsure (355)..(356) unsure (374) unsure (376) unsure (381) unsure (386) unsure (393) unsure (408)..(409) unsure (417) unsure (432) unsure (453) unsure (466) unsure (469) unsure (476)..(477) 23 cttacacctg atcgagatcg agtagtagtg acacgcatac accaccaacc accgccgccc 60 gccgccggcg agctgcagga tggggaggcc gccgtgctgc gacaaggtcg gggtgaanaa 120 ggggccatgg acgccggagg aggacctgat gctggtctcc tacatccagg agcacggcgc 180 cggcaactgg cgcgccgtgc cgacgaacac cgggctgatg cgttgcagca agagctgccg 240 gctccggtgg acgaactacc tcaggccggg gatcaagcgg gggaacttca ccgagcanga 300 ggagaagctc atcgtccacc tccaggctct cctcggcaac cggtgggcaa cgatnncgtc 360 gtacttgccg gganangacg ncaacnacat cangaatact gggaacannc acctcangaa 420 gaactcaaga anatgcaagc caccggaggt ggngaaaaca gcgcgncgnc tcgganngtt 480 gcgg 484 24 126 PRT Oryza sativa UNSURE (13) UNSURE (73) UNSURE (92)..(93) UNSURE (99) UNSURE (101) UNSURE (103) UNSURE (105) UNSURE (110) UNSURE (113) UNSURE (118) UNSURE (125) 24 Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Val Gly Val Xaa Lys Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Leu Met Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30 Gly Ala Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Thr Asn Thr Gly Leu Met Arg 35 40 45 Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60 Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Glu Xaa Glu Glu Lys Leu Ile Val His 65 70 75 80 Leu Gln Ala Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Thr Xaa Xaa Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95 Pro Gly Xaa Asp Xaa Asn Xaa Ile Xaa Asn Thr Gly Asn Xaa His Leu 100 105 110 Xaa Lys Asn Ser Arg Xaa Cys Lys Pro Pro Glu Val Xaa Lys 115 120 125 25 1427 DNA Oryza sativa 25 gcacgagctt acacctgatc gagatcgagt agtagtgaca cgcatacacc accaaccacc 60 gccgcccgcc gccggcgagc tgcaggatgg ggaggccgcc gtgctgcgac aaggtcgggg 120 tgaagaaggg gccatggacg ccggaggagg acctgatgct ggtctcctac atccaggagc 180 acggcgccgg caactggcgc gccgtgccga cgaacaccgg gctgatgcgt tgcagcaaga 240 gctgccggct ccggtggacg aactacctca ggccggggat caagcggggg aacttcaccg 300 agcaggagga gaagctcatc gtccacctcc aggctctcct cggcaaccgg tgggcagcga 360 tagcgtcgta cttgccggag aggacggaca acgacatcaa gaactactgg aacacgcacc 420 tcaagaagaa gctcaagaag atgcaggccg ccggaggtgg ggaagacagc ggcgccgcct 480 cggagggtgg cggcggccgc ggcgacggcg acggcggcgg gaaaagcgtg aaggccgccg 540 cacctaaggg gcagtgggag cggcggctgc agacggacat ccacacggcg cggcaggcgc 600 tgcgcgacgc gctctcgctc gaccaccccg acccgtcgcc ggcgacggcg gcggcggcgg 660 cgacgccagc ggggtcgtcg gcggcgtacg cgtcgagcgc ggacaacatc gcgcggctgc 720 tgcagggctg gatgcgcccg ggcggcggcg gcggcggcaa cggcaagggc cccgaggcgt 780 cggggtcgac ctccacgacg gcgacgacgc agcagcagcc gcagtgctcc ggcgagggcg 840 cggcatccgc gtccgcgtcg gcgagccaga gcggcgccgc cgccgcggcg actgcccaga 900 cgccggagtg ctcgacggag acgagcaaga tggccaccgg cggcggcgcc ggcggccccg 960 cgccggcgtt ctcgatgctg gagagctggc tgctcgacga cggcggcatg gggctcatgg 1020 acgtggtgcc attgggggac cccagtgagt tcttttaagt gtagtacaac caaaattaaa 1080 ttaatcaagt agacagcaag aacaaaaaaa aataatggaa agttgccgag ttaattaatc 1140 aagatgcaac taatcaaagc taattaaaag ggcttcgagt taattctcgg tgatttaaat 1200 cgagtttgca ggtgttgatc tagcttggtt aattaatcct ttcttttgta ggtttttagt 1260 taattagtct ctctgatgat gctagggttt ggaactgatc atatgtaagt taatttatac 1320 taatggtagg cctgtgactt gtgattagtt agtcctgagt ggataaataa agacataaat 1380 gtacatcttt ttaaaagata aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa 1427 26 323 PRT Oryza sativa 26 Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Val Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Leu Met Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30 Gly Ala Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Thr Asn Thr Gly Leu Met Arg 35 40 45 Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60 Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Glu Gln Glu Glu Lys Leu Ile Val His 65 70 75 80 Leu Gln Ala Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Ala Ile Ala Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95 Pro Glu Arg Thr Asp Asn Asp Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Asn Thr His Leu 100 105 110 Lys Lys Lys Leu Lys Lys Met Gln Ala Ala Gly Gly Gly Glu Asp Ser 115 120 125 Gly Ala Ala Ser Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Asp Gly Gly 130 135 140 Gly Lys Ser Val Lys Ala Ala Ala Pro Lys Gly Gln Trp Glu Arg Arg 145 150 155 160 Leu Gln Thr Asp Ile His Thr Ala Arg Gln Ala Leu Arg Asp Ala Leu 165 170 175 Ser Leu Asp His Pro Asp Pro Ser Pro Ala Thr Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala 180 185 190 Thr Pro Ala Gly Ser Ser Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ser Ser Ala Asp Asn Ile 195 200 205 Ala Arg Leu Leu Gln Gly Trp Met Arg Pro Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly 210 215 220 Asn Gly Lys Gly Pro Glu Ala Ser Gly Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr Ala Thr 225 230 235 240 Thr Gln Gln Gln Pro Gln Cys Ser Gly Glu Gly Ala Ala Ser Ala Ser 245 250 255 Ala Ser Ala Ser Gln Ser Gly Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Ala Gln Thr 260 265 270 Pro Glu Cys Ser Thr Glu Thr Ser Lys Met Ala Thr Gly Gly Gly Ala 275 280 285 Gly Gly Pro Ala Pro Ala Phe Ser Met Leu Glu Ser Trp Leu Leu Asp 290 295 300 Asp Gly Gly Met Gly Leu Met Asp Val Val Pro Leu Gly Asp Pro Ser 305 310 315 320 Glu Phe Phe 27 557 DNA Glycine max unsure (136) unsure (229) unsure (271) unsure (373) unsure (382) unsure (386) unsure (424) unsure (475) unsure (493)..(494) unsure (511) unsure (520) unsure (522) unsure (531) unsure (536) unsure (552)..(553) 27 tctctctccc ctcttcccca cccaaccttc tctctatcac acacacaaaa caatggataa 60 aaaacaactg tgcaacacgt ctcaagatcc tgaagtgaga aaaggacctt ggacgatgga 120 agaagacttg atcttngatc aactatattg caaatcatgg ggaaggtgtt tggaattctt 180 tggccaaaag ctgctggtct caaacgtacc ggaaagattg ccggctaang tggctaaact 240 acctccgtcc tgatgttaga agagggaata ntacacccga aggaacaact ttgatcatgg 300 agcttcacgc aaagtgggga aacaggtggt ccaaaattgc caagcatcta cctggtagga 360 cagtaatgag atnaagaact antggnggac aaggatcaga agcacatcaa gcaactgaga 420 attnagcaac aatcacataa ctctgagata atgttacaag ctagatacca agttntacaa 480 ggtgaaccat ggnnactatc ccaacctttt naaggaagtn angcatttct naatcnttcc 540 ccaaataacc gnntatc 557 28 94 PRT Glycine max UNSURE (19)..(20) UNSURE (51) UNSURE (65) 28 Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp 1 5 10 15 Leu Ile Xaa Xaa Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp 20 25 30 Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ser Cys Trp Ser Gln Thr Tyr Arg Lys Asp Cys 35 40 45 Arg Leu Xaa Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn 50 55 60 Xaa Thr Pro Glu Gly Thr Thr Leu Ile Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp 65 70 75 80 Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr 85 90 29 988 DNA Glycine max 29 cgcacgagtc tctctcccct cttccccacc caaccttctc tctatcacac acacaaaaca 60 atggataaaa aacaactgtg caacacgtct caagatcctg aagtgagaaa aggaccttgg 120 acgatggaag aagacttgat cttgatcaac tatattgcaa atcatgggga aggtgtttgg 180 aattctttgg ccaaagctgc tggtctcaaa cgtaccggaa agagttgccg gctaaggtgg 240 ctaaactacc tccgtcctga tgttagaaga gggaatatta cacccgagga acaacttttg 300 atcatggagc ttcacgcaaa gtggggaaac aggtggtcca aaattgccaa gcatctacct 360 ggtaggacag ataatgagat caagaactat tggaggacca ggatccagaa gcacatcaag 420 caagctgaga actttcagca acaaatcagc aataactctg agataaatga tcaccaagct 480 agcactagcc atgtttctac catggctgaa cccatggaga cctattctcc acccttttat 540 caaggaatgt tagagccatt ttcttcaatt cagttcccca caattaatcc tgatcaatcc 600 agttgttgta ccaatgacaa caacaacagc attaactatt ggagcatgga ggatatctgg 660 tcaatgcagt tactgaacgg ggattaaata ttgatatatc aagataaacc taaattcttg 720 tataagttcc ataaaacact ggaatgtctc tggcttaaaa catattatta ttaggtttgt 780 ttatataagt agttggatat gtttggtttt gcgtaccatt attagcatat atatatatat 840 ttcaaatgag atgctatgtg cattgtaaaa gatatggtta agaaccacat agtttcaaaa 900 ctcttaaata taattccagt cacttattat aggaagtcta ttattaatta tctccaagat 960 gtttgcttaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 988 30 208 PRT Glycine max 30 Met Asp Lys Lys Gln Leu Cys Asn Thr Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg 1 5 10 15 Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile 20 25 30 Ala Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly 35 40 45 Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu 50 55 60 Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu 65 70 75 80 Ile Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala 85 90 95 Lys His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg 100 105 110 Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Asn Phe Gln Gln Gln 115 120 125 Ile Ser Asn Asn Ser Glu Ile Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Thr Ser His 130 135 140 Val Ser Thr Met Ala Glu Pro Met Glu Thr Tyr Ser Pro Pro Phe Tyr 145 150 155 160 Gln Gly Met Leu Glu Pro Phe Ser Ser Ile Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Asn 165 170 175 Pro Asp Gln Ser Ser Cys Cys Thr Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Ser Ile Asn 180 185 190 Tyr Trp Ser Met Glu Asp Ile Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 195 200 205 31 530 DNA Glycine max unsure (301) unsure (356) unsure (388) unsure (393) unsure (470) unsure (485) unsure (495) unsure (513) unsure (517) unsure (522) 31 aaaataatgg acaagaagct tggcaacacg tctcatgatc ctgaagtgag aaaggggcca 60 tggacaatgg aagaagactt aatcttgatc acctatattg ccaatcacgg ggaaggggtt 120 tggaactctt tggccaaggc tgctggactt aaacgtaccg gaaagagttg ccggctccgg 180 tggctaaact acctccgtcc tgatgttaga agagggaata ttacacccga ggaacagctt 240 ttgatcatgg aacttcatgc aaagtgggga aacaggtggt ccaaaattgc caagcatcta 300 nccggaagga ctgataatga gattaagaac tactggagga caaggatcaa gaacanctca 360 agcaagcctt caacaacttc aacaacanag tantaattct gagataattt acatcccaag 420 cttgcacaac caattgtcaa caatgggcaa cccaaaaaaa ctaatctcan caatttcaag 480 gaagnttatt cattnaatca attccaaaaa ccncacntct antgtttcaa 530 32 204 PRT Glycine max 32 Met Asp Lys Lys Leu Gly Asn Thr Ser His Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Thr Tyr Ile Ala 20 25 30 Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly Leu 35 40 45 Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg 50 55 60 Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile 65 70 75 80 Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 85 90 95 His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr 100 105 110 Arg Ile Gln Lys His Leu Lys Gln Ala Ser Ser Ser Phe Gln Gln Gln 115 120 125 Ser Ser Asn Ser Glu Ile Ile Tyr His Pro Gln Ala Cys Thr Ser Gln 130 135 140 Val Ser Thr Met Ala Gln Pro Ile Glu Thr Tyr Ser Pro Pro Ser Tyr 145 150 155 160 Gln Gly Met Leu Asp Pro Phe Ser Ile Gln Phe Pro Thr Asn Pro His 165 170 175 His Ser Ser Cys Cys Thr Asn Asp Asp Asp Asn Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ser 180 185 190 Met Glu Asp Ile Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Ala Asn Tyr 195 200 33 910 DNA Glycine max unsure (798) unsure (807) unsure (814) 33 tctctctctc tctctctcta gcgtgcacac aaaataatgg acaaaaaacc atgcgactca 60 tctcatgatc cagaagtgag aaagggacca tggatcatgg aagaagactt gatcttgata 120 aactatattg caaatcacgg tgaaggtgtt tggaattctt tagccaaagc ttctggtctt 180 aaacgaacgg gaaagagttg tcgactccgt tggctaaact accttcgtcc tgatgttaga 240 agaggaaaca ttacacccga agaacagctt ttgatcatag aacttcatgc aaagtggggc 300 aataggtggt ccaaaattgc aaagcatctt ccaggaagaa ctgacaatga gattaagaac 360 ttctggagaa ctaggatcca gaagcacatt aagcaagctg agacttcaca acaacatggt 420 aattcatcag agaatagtaa taatgatcat caagcaagca atagcactag caaggtgtcc 480 accatggcac atccaaatga gactttctct tcaccctcat accaagcaac ttttgagcca 540 tttcaacctc aattcctaca atcaatgatc aatcaagttg ttgtaccagc aacaacaact 600 attggagcat cgaggatatc tggtcgtcta tgcaattact caatggagat waattaaatc 660 tagctatatg catgcttata taaatcatat atgtgatgat atataaacct aagctcttat 720 tgagtgtggt caggcttaat aacatcatta ggtctggtat atatgagtag gttaagattg 780 gtgtgcatgc ctaaatgnag tattgcntta ttgnagtaag aataactagt tatggatgcc 840 tttaaaaaaa agttagttat gaattgaaat atatagtaac ttatatacta aaaaaaaaaa 900 aaaaaaaaaa 910 34 206 PRT Glycine max 34 Met Asp Lys Lys Pro Cys Asp Ser Ser His Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly Pro Trp Ile Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala 20 25 30 Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ser Gly Leu 35 40 45 Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg 50 55 60 Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile 65 70 75 80 Ile Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 85 90 95 His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Phe Trp Arg Thr 100 105 110 Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Thr Ser Gln Gln His Gly 115 120 125 Asn Ser Ser Glu Asn Ser Asn Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Asn Ser Thr 130 135 140 Ser Lys Val Ser Thr Met Ala His Pro Asn Glu Thr Phe Ser Ser Pro 145 150 155 160 Ser Tyr Gln Ala Thr Phe Glu Pro Phe Gln Pro Gln Phe Leu Gln Ser 165 170 175 Met Ile Asn Gln Val Val Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Ile Gly Ala Ser 180 185 190 Arg Ile Ser Gly Arg Leu Cys Asn Tyr Ser Met Glu Ile Asn 195 200 205 35 863 DNA Glycine max 35 gcacgagctc tatcacacac acaagtcaat ggataaaaaa caacagtgta agacgtctca 60 agatcctgaa gtgagaaaag ggccttggac aatggaagaa gacttgatct tgatgaacta 120 tattgcaaat catggggaag gtgtttggaa ctctttggcc aaagctgctg gtctcaaacg 180 taacggaaag agttgccggc taaggtggct aaattacctc cgtcctgatg ttagaagagg 240 gaatattaca cccgaggaac aacttttgat tatggagctc cacgcaaagt ggggaaacag 300 gtggtccaaa attgccaagc atctacctgg aaggactgat aatgagatca agaactattg 360 gaggacaagg atccagaagc acatcaagca agctgagaac tttcagcaac agagtagtaa 420 taattctgag ataaatgatc accaagctag cactagccat gtttccacca tggctgagcc 480 catggagatg tattctccac cctgttatca aggaatgtta gagccatttt caactcagtt 540 ccctacaatt aatcctgatc aatccagttg ttgtaccaat gacaacaaca acattaacta 600 ttggagcatg gaggatagct ggtcaatgca attactgaac ggtgattaaa tattatcaag 660 ataaaaccta agttytgaag ttccataagg ctggaatgtc tytggattaa aacatattat 720 tgggtttgtt tatataagta gttggatgtt tggttttgcg taccattatt agctatgtgc 780 tgtaatatat acgagatytt atattaaact atatctgcat gctttatata taaaaaaaaa 840 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa 863 36 206 PRT Glycine max 36 Met Asp Lys Lys Gln Gln Cys Lys Thr Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg 1 5 10 15 Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Met Asn Tyr Ile 20 25 30 Ala Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly 35 40 45 Leu Lys Arg Asn Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu 50 55 60 Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu 65 70 75 80 Ile Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala 85 90 95 Lys His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg 100 105 110 Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Asn Phe Gln Gln Gln 115 120 125 Ser Ser Asn Asn Ser Glu Ile Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Thr Ser His 130 135 140 Val Ser Thr Met Ala Glu Pro Met Glu Met Tyr Ser Pro Pro Cys Tyr 145 150 155 160 Gln Gly Met Leu Glu Pro Phe Ser Thr Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Asn Pro 165 170 175 Asp Gln Ser Ser Cys Cys Thr Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Ile Asn Tyr Trp 180 185 190 Ser Met Glu Asp Ser Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 195 200 205 37 805 DNA Glycine max 37 aaaaaaccat gcaactcatc atctcatgat cctgaagtga gaaagggacc atggaccatg 60 gaagaagact tgatcttgat aaactatatt gcaaatcacg gtgaaggtgt ttggaactcc 120 ttagccaaag cttctggtct caaacgaacg ggaaagagtt gtcgactccg ttggctaaac 180 taccttcgtc ctgatgttag aagaggaaac attacacccg aggaacagct tttgatcata 240 gaacttcatg caaagtgggg caataggtgg tccaaaattg caaagcatct tccaggaaga 300 actgacaatg agattaagaa cttctggaga acaaggatcc aaaagcacat taagcaagct 360 gagacttcac aacaacatgg taattcagag aataatgatc atcaagcaag cactagtact 420 agcaaagtgt ccaccatggc acatccaaat gagactttct ctccaccctc ataccaagga 480 acttttgagc cattccaacc tcaattccct acaatcactg atcaatcaag ttgttgtacc 540 accaccaacg acaacaacaa ctattggagc atcgaggata tctggtcgtc tatgcaatta 600 ctcaatggag attaaaccta gctatatgca tgcctatata aatcatatat atgatgatat 660 ataaacctaa gctcttgtag agtgtgttca ggcttaataa catcattagg tctgtttata 720 tgagtagtct aagtttggtg tttgtaatgc atgatgtgag ttaagaatta atttagttat 780 ggttggaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa 805 38 204 PRT Glycine max 38 Lys Lys Pro Cys Asn Ser Ser Ser His Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys Gly 1 5 10 15 Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asn 20 25 30 His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ser Gly Leu Lys 35 40 45 Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro 50 55 60 Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Ile 65 70 75 80 Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys His 85 90 95 Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Phe Trp Arg Thr Arg 100 105 110 Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Thr Ser Gln Gln His Gly Asn 115 120 125 Ser Glu Asn Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Thr Ser Thr Ser Lys Val Ser 130 135 140 Thr Met Ala His Pro Asn Glu Thr Phe Ser Pro Pro Ser Tyr Gln Gly 145 150 155 160 Thr Phe Glu Pro Phe Gln Pro Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Thr Asp Gln Ser 165 170 175 Ser Cys Cys Thr Thr Thr Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ser Ile Glu 180 185 190 Asp Ile Trp Ser Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 195 200 39 751 DNA Glycine max 39 tggatgttaa gaaaggtggg tctgtagtac aagcacaagt gaagttgcag aagcataacg 60 aaaaggagat gggcatgaga aaaggtccat gggcggttga ggaggacacc attctggtca 120 attacatcgc cacacacggt gaaggccact ggaattccgt ggcacgatgt gcaggtctaa 180 ggaggagtgg gaagagttgc agattaaggt ggctaaacta cttgcgccca gacgtgcggc 240 gtggaaatat cacactccaa gaacaaatat taattctcga ccttcactct cgctggggca 300 acaggtggtc aaagattgct caacagctgc caggaagaac agacaacgaa ataaagaact 360 attggaggac cagagtgata aaacaagcga agcagctaaa gtgcgatgtg aatagcaaac 420 agttcagaga cacgttgcgt tacgtttgga tgccgcgctt gctggagcgg cttcagccca 480 catcacaagc actggagcca aaccaaagtg gacttgtgtt acacgcttca tcatcactgc 540 ttccttcgaa ttccgaccat agtattgaaa gggggtcgga tctgtggcca ggtttcaata 600 accaaatgtt gttggaacag gggagtggcg gtgacttgtt ggaaagtttg tgggatgacg 660 acaatatgtg ctttttgcaa cagctttctt atgacctcca aatgaaataa aatacaattc 720 ccttccgtca cgcaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa a 751 40 235 PRT Glycine max 40 Asp Val Lys Lys Gly Gly Ser Val Val Gln Ala Gln Val Lys Leu Gln 1 5 10 15 Lys His Asn Glu Lys Glu Met Gly Met Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Ala Val 20 25 30 Glu Glu Asp Thr Ile Leu Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Thr His Gly Glu Gly 35 40 45 His Trp Asn Ser Val Ala Arg Cys Ala Gly Leu Arg Arg Ser Gly Lys 50 55 60 Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Asn Ile Thr Leu Gln Glu Gln Ile Leu Ile Leu Asp Leu His Ser 85 90 95 Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln Gln Leu Pro Gly Arg 100 105 110 Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Ile Lys Gln 115 120 125 Ala Lys Gln Leu Lys Cys Asp Val Asn Ser Lys Gln Phe Arg Asp Thr 130 135 140 Leu Arg Tyr Val Trp Met Pro Arg Leu Leu Glu Arg Leu Gln Pro Thr 145 150 155 160 Ser Gln Ala Leu Glu Pro Asn Gln Ser Gly Leu Val Leu His Ala Ser 165 170 175 Ser Ser Leu Leu Pro Ser Asn Ser Asp His Ser Ile Glu Arg Gly Ser 180 185 190 Asp Leu Trp Pro Gly Phe Asn Asn Gln Met Leu Leu Glu Gln Gly Ser 195 200 205 Gly Gly Asp Leu Leu Glu Ser Leu Trp Asp Asp Asp Asn Met Cys Phe 210 215 220 Leu Gln Gln Leu Ser Tyr Asp Leu Gln Met Lys 225 230 235 41 500 DNA Glycine max 41 catttctaat tgttctgatc catatatatc atactttctt tgtaataact taaagaaccc 60 cacaaaaaca ccaaccatgt ccacaattgc aaagagagat ttgagttcta atgaagaaga 120 gagtgagctg agaagaggtc cttggactct tgaagaagac agcttactca tacactatat 180 tgctcgtcat ggtgaaggcc gttggaatat gttagccaaa agtgcaggat tgaagaggac 240 tggaaaaagt tgcagactta gatggctgaa ttatttgaaa ccagacatta agagagggaa 300 cctcactcca caggagcaac tcttgatcct tgaactccat tccaagtggg gtaacaggtg 360 gtcaaaaatt gctcagcatc tgccaggaag aacagacaat gagatcaaga actattggag 420 aacaaggata cagaaacagg gcacgccaac ttaacattga atctggtagc aagagattca 480 ttgatgctgt cagtgttttt 500 42 229 PRT Glycine max UNSURE (138) 42 Met Ser Thr Ile Ala Lys Arg Asp Leu Ser Ser Asn Glu Glu Glu Ser 1 5 10 15 Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Leu Glu Glu Asp Ser Leu Leu Ile 20 25 30 His Tyr Ile Ala Arg His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Met Leu Ala Lys 35 40 45 Ser Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu 50 55 60 Asn Tyr Leu Lys Pro Asp Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu 65 70 75 80 Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser 85 90 95 Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn 100 105 110 Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys Gln Ala Arg Gln Leu Asn Ile Glu 115 120 125 Ser Gly Ser Lys Arg Phe Ile Asp Ala Xaa Lys Cys Phe Trp Met Pro 130 135 140 Arg Leu Leu Gln Lys Met Glu Gln Ser Asn Ser Pro Ser Pro His His 145 150 155 160 Ser Ser Met Thr Asn Met Met Asn Leu Gly Asn Ser Gly Glu Ala Ser 165 170 175 Met Ser Ser Met Ser Ser Ser Phe Asn Ile Asn Pro Ser Met Ser Ser 180 185 190 Ser Ser Ser Pro Pro Lys Gly Asn Leu Leu Trp Met Met Pro Asn His 195 200 205 Phe Lys Tyr Tyr Val Gln Pro His Gln Ser Ile Pro Arg Phe Leu Pro 210 215 220 Ile Phe Thr Ala Thr 225 43 1348 DNA Glycine max 43 tacctctcca accaagacca atttgaaaac ctcttcaatc caacaaacaa acgttctccc 60 ttttgttctg agagaatcaa tggatggaaa aggagcaaga agtagcaaca cccttttaag 120 tagtgaggac gagatggacc ttcgaagagg cccttggacc gtcgatgaag acctcactct 180 tatcaattac gttgccactc atggcgaagg tcgctggaat accctcgccc tctctgctgg 240 gctgaaacga acggggaaga gttgcagatt gaggtggctg aattatctgc gtcctgatgt 300 tcgacgtgga aacatcacgc ttgaagaaca acttttgatt ctggagctcc attctcgctg 360 gggaaaccga tggtcgaaaa ttgctcaata tttgcctggt agaaccgaca atgagataaa 420 gaactattgg agaacccgtg tccaaaagca tgccaagcaa ctcaaatgcg acgtgaatag 480 caagcaattc aaggacacca tgcgttacat ttggatgcca aggctcgtgg aacgcattca 540 agccaccgct gccgcctccg caccacaacc cgttaccgta ccaccgcgac caacaatgca 600 tacacctacg gaagcaacct taataacaac aaattcgagg ttcacgatca caagggcaaa 660 atggggttaa ccgatccttc agttatgaac aatgacttaa tgggttcaca tgtcacgcaa 720 agttacaccc ctgagaatag tagcaccggt gcgtcatcat cagactcgtt tgggactcaa 780 gtctcagcaa tttctgattt gactgaatat tacactgtca ctggtagtgg taacaataac 840 aatactaatt ctgcggatta ttatcaaccc tctcaaatta gttactcgga tagttgcatc 900 acaagcccat ctgggttgtt ccctcaaggg ctagattttc aatccatgga tccaaacacc 960 ccgtggaaca tgcaaagtgg ggactcctct gacagttttt ggaacgttga aagcatgttg 1020 ttcttagagc agcaactcat gaatgacaac atgtgaaaac attgggaata ggaaaataag 1080 acttagatac ggttcttctt agtattgtgt tttaattaaa gttaaagtta acacaagtta 1140 ttgaagtgaa actttaattt taattgaata ataatactga aaacaagagt tgtatttaag 1200 ttttattctt ttatgaatta tgaattagat tgacagaagg ggttgtttgt gaaatataca 1260 ggtgaaagta tagaaagtag caacattaat aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1320 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 1348 44 196 PRT Glycine max 44 Met Asp Gly Lys Gly Ala Arg Ser Ser Asn Thr Leu Leu Ser Ser Glu 1 5 10 15 Asp Glu Met Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu 20 25 30 Thr Leu Ile Asn Tyr Val Ala Thr His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Thr 35 40 45 Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu 50 55 60 Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr 65 70 75 80 Leu Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn 85 90 95 Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln Tyr Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu 100 105 110 Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys Gln Leu 115 120 125 Lys Cys Asp Val Asn Ser Lys Gln Phe Lys Asp Thr Met Arg Tyr Ile 130 135 140 Trp Met Pro Arg Leu Val Glu Arg Ile Gln Ala Thr Ala Ala Ala Ser 145 150 155 160 Ala Pro Gln Pro Val Thr Val Pro Pro Arg Pro Thr Met His Thr Pro 165 170 175 Thr Glu Ala Thr Leu Ile Thr Thr Asn Ser Arg Phe Thr Ile Thr Arg 180 185 190 Ala Lys Trp Gly 195 45 1236 DNA Glycine max unsure (519) unsure (521) unsure (530)..(531) unsure (534) unsure (800) unsure (1124) unsure (1151) 45 aacaatccaa ctctctttct ccctatccca acaatctcac tcatacctct tcaatctaac 60 aaacttaatt tcttttgttt tgagtttctt agagaatgga tgaaaaagga gcaagaagta 120 gcaacaccct tttaagttgt gaggacgaga tggaccttcg aagaggccct tggaccgtcg 180 atgaagacct cactcttatc aattacattg ccactcatgg cgaaggtcgc tggaacacgc 240 tcgccctctc tgctgggctg aaacgaacgg ggaagagttg cagattgagg tggctgaatt 300 atctgcgtcc tgatgttcga cgtggaaaca tcacacttga agaacaactt ttgattctgg 360 agcttcattc tcgctgggga aaccgttggt cgaaaattgc tcaatatttg cctggtagaa 420 ccgacaacga gataaagaac tattggagaa cccgtgtcca aaagcatgcc aagcaactca 480 aatgtgacgt gaatagcaag caattcaagg acaccatgng ntacctttgn natnccaagg 540 ctcgtggaac gcattcaagc agcggcgacg gcccccgtaa ccaccaccgt aactgcggcc 600 gccaccaaca atgcattcac ctacggraac aaccttatac caccaaattc gaggttctga 660 atcacaaggg cagaatgggg ttaaccgatc cttcagttgc gaacaatgac tttgtgggtt 720 cacatgtcac gcaaaggtac cctactcctg agaatagtag cacgggtgcg tcatcatcag 780 actcgtttgg gactcaagtn tcaacaattt ctgatttgac tgaaaattcc agtgtccctg 840 aaaatactaa ttctgcggat tattatcaac cctctcaaat tagtaattac tcggataatt 900 gcatcacaag cccatctggg ttcttgttcc ctcaaggact agatcttcaa tccatggatc 960 caaacacacc gtggaacatg caaagtgggg actcctctga caatttttgg gacgttgaaa 1020 gcatgttatt cttagagcag caactcatga atgacaacat gtgaaacatt gggaatagga 1080 aaataagact tagatacggt tcttctaata ttttttagtg ktgngtttta attaaagtta 1140 aagttaacac nagttattga agtgaaactt taattttaat taaataataa tcctgaaaaa 1200 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 1236 46 322 PRT Glycine max UNSURE (142) UNSURE (145)..(146)..(147) UNSURE (178) 46 Met Asp Glu Lys Gly Ala Arg Ser Ser Asn Thr Leu Leu Ser Cys Glu 1 5 10 15 Asp Glu Met Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu 20 25 30 Thr Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Thr His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Thr 35 40 45 Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu 50 55 60 Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr 65 70 75 80 Leu Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn 85 90 95 Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln Tyr Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu 100 105 110 Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys Gln Leu 115 120 125 Lys Cys Asp Val Asn Ser Lys Gln Phe Lys Asp Thr Met Xaa Tyr Leu 130 135 140 Xaa Xaa Xaa Lys Ala Arg Gly Thr His Ser Ser Ser Gly Asp Gly Pro 145 150 155 160 Arg Asn His His Arg Asn Cys Gly Arg His Gln Gln Cys Ile His Leu 165 170 175 Arg Xaa Gln Pro Tyr Thr Thr Lys Phe Glu Val Leu Asn His Lys Gly 180 185 190 Arg Met Gly Leu Thr Asp Pro Ser Val Ala Asn Asn Asp Phe Val Gly 195 200 205 Ser His Val Thr Gln Arg Tyr Pro Thr Pro Glu Asn Ser Ser Thr Gly 210 215 220 Ala Ser Ser Ser Asp Ser Phe Gly Thr Gln Val Ser Thr Ile Ser Asp 225 230 235 240 Leu Thr Glu Asn Ser Ser Val Pro Glu Asn Thr Asn Ser Ala Asp Tyr 245 250 255 Tyr Gln Pro Ser Gln Ile Ser Asn Tyr Ser Asp Asn Cys Ile Thr Ser 260 265 270 Pro Ser Gly Phe Leu Phe Pro Gln Gly Leu Asp Leu Gln Ser Met Asp 275 280 285 Pro Asn Thr Pro Trp Asn Met Gln Ser Gly Asp Ser Ser Asp Asn Phe 290 295 300 Trp Asp Val Glu Ser Met Leu Phe Leu Glu Gln Gln Leu Met Asn Asp 305 310 315 320 Asn Met 47 1181 DNA Glycine max 47 tttcagtgag tgagaatagc catgtctact tcaaagagcg tcagcagttc tagtgaagat 60 gacaatgaac ttagaagagg gccttggact ctggaagagg ataacttgct ctcccaatat 120 atttttaatc atggggaagg gcgatggaat ttgctggcta aacgttcagg attaaagaga 180 actgggaaaa gttgcagatt aaggtggcta aattatctaa agccagatgt aaaacgggga 240 aatttaaccc cacaagagca acttataatt cttgaactcc actcaaagtg gggaaacagg 300 tggtcaaaaa ttgcacaaca tttgccaggc agaacagaca atgaaatcaa gaactattgg 360 agaactagga ttcagaaaca agcaagacat ttgaaaattt acactgacag cagagagttt 420 caagaacttg ttaggcgttt ctggatgcct agattgcttc agaaagcaaa agaatcatct 480 tcttcaaaca tgtcaattca aaaccaggca attcctatgc cttttgatta tgtttctcag 540 catttaactg ttgggaccat acctccttgg cagggacctt gtatgaatga agctggtccc 600 acttacatgg accaacatga gcagactcag actcggaaca ccaacaatgg ttcatgcatc 660 tccttgtctg agtcagcaaa tattccaaaa gtgcctcagc attttggaca caccaccatc 720 acccaatttc atgccttgaa taccaatgac tttggcacct tcacatatga aggttataat 780 gtaaacaaca atgtctatga gatggacaac ttcaaaacga ctactacatg ggtggctgag 840 gatgcgcaat acccaattgg tgattgtcaa atggtaggaa gcaattgggt aaacaacgat 900 tttgcatgta acatgtggaa catggatgaa ctgtggcagt ttagcaagtt acaaaaataa 960 gattttaggg ttttgttttt tttggaataa ccaaaagtcc aaaactcttt ctttgatgac 1020 gttattattg ttatcatgaa ctgtggatta gctaccgaat taattaatac agatggcgat 1080 tgttttctgt acatctgtct tgtattactc tgttcagata agtacttttg taatttgtat 1140 tgattgagaa aagtcattaa ttagtcacta gtacaaaaaa a 1181 48 312 PRT Glycine max 48 Met Ser Thr Ser Lys Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Ser Glu Asp Asp Asn Glu 1 5 10 15 Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Leu Glu Glu Asp Asn Leu Leu Ser Gln 20 25 30 Tyr Ile Phe Asn His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Leu Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45 Ser Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn 50 55 60 Tyr Leu Lys Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu Gln 65 70 75 80 Leu Ile Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys 85 90 95 Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 100 105 110 Trp Arg Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys Gln Ala Arg His Leu Lys Ile Tyr Thr 115 120 125 Asp Ser Arg Glu Phe Gln Glu Leu Val Arg Arg Phe Trp Met Pro Arg 130 135 140 Leu Leu Gln Lys Ala Lys Glu Ser Ser Ser Ser Asn Met Ser Ile Gln 145 150 155 160 Asn Gln Ala Ile Pro Met Pro Phe Asp Tyr Val Ser Gln His Leu Thr 165 170 175 Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Pro Trp Gln Gly Pro Cys Met Asn Glu Ala Gly 180 185 190 Pro Thr Tyr Met Asp Gln His Glu Gln Thr Gln Thr Arg Asn Thr Asn 195 200 205 Asn Gly Ser Cys Ile Ser Leu Ser Glu Ser Ala Asn Ile Pro Lys Val 210 215 220 Pro Gln His Phe Gly His Thr Thr Ile Thr Gln Phe His Ala Leu Asn 225 230 235 240 Thr Asn Asp Phe Gly Thr Phe Thr Tyr Glu Gly Tyr Asn Val Asn Asn 245 250 255 Asn Val Tyr Glu Met Asp Asn Phe Lys Thr Thr Thr Thr Trp Val Ala 260 265 270 Glu Asp Ala Gln Tyr Pro Ile Gly Asp Cys Gln Met Val Gly Ser Asn 275 280 285 Trp Val Asn Asn Asp Phe Ala Cys Asn Met Trp Asn Met Asp Glu Leu 290 295 300 Trp Gln Phe Ser Lys Leu Gln Lys 305 310 49 1186 DNA Glycine max 49 aattcggcac gaggccatgt ctacttcaaa gagcgtcagc agttctagtg aagatgacaa 60 tgaacttaga agagggcctt ggactcttga agaggataat ttgctctccc aatatatttc 120 tagtcatgga gaagggcgat ggaatttgct agctaaacgt tcaggattaa agcgaactgg 180 gaaaagttgc agattaaggt ggctaaatta tctaaagcca gatgtaaaac ggggaaattt 240 aaccccacaa gagcaactta taatcctcga actccactca aagtggggaa acaggtggtc 300 aaaaattgca caaaatttgc caggcagaac agacaatgaa atcaagaact attggagaac 360 taggattcag aaacaagcaa gacatttgaa aattgacact gacaccagag agtttcagga 420 acttgttagg cgtttctgga tgcctagatg cttcaaaaag cccaagaatc atcttcttca 480 gccatgtcaa ttcaaaacca ggcaactcct atgccttttg atggtgtttc tcagcattca 540 actgttggga ccataccatc acattcacac accccttggc agggaccttg tatgaatgaa 600 gctggtccca cttacatgga ccaacatgag cagaactcag actctgaaca caacaatggt 660 tcatgcatct ccttgtctga gtcagcaaat tttccaaaag tgcctcagca ttttggacgc 720 accaccatca cccaatatca tgccttgaat aacaatgact ttggcacctt cacatatgac 780 ggctacaatg taagcaacaa tgtctatgag atggacaact tcaaaacgcc tactacaagg 840 gtggctgagg atgcgcaata cccaactggt gattgtcaaa tggtaggaag caattgggta 900 aacagcgatt ttgcatgtaa catgtggaac atggatgaat tgtggcaatt tagcaagtta 960 caaaaataag attttagggt ttggtttttt tggagttacc aagactctat ctttggtgat 1020 gttattattg ttatcatgaa ctgttgatta gctactacca aattaattaa tacagatggt 1080 gattgttttc tgtacatctg ttttgcatta ctctgttttg caatttgtat tgattgagaa 1140 aagtcattaa ttagtcacta gttcaaaaca caaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 1186 50 192 PRT Glycine max 50 Met Ser Thr Ser Lys Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Ser Glu Asp Asp Asn Glu 1 5 10 15 Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Leu Glu Glu Asp Asn Leu Leu Ser Gln 20 25 30 Tyr Ile Ser Ser His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Leu Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45 Ser Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn 50 55 60 Tyr Leu Lys Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu Gln 65 70 75 80 Leu Ile Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys 85 90 95 Ile Ala Gln Asn Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 100 105 110 Trp Arg Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys Gln Ala Arg His Leu Lys Ile Asp Thr 115 120 125 Asp Thr Arg Glu Phe Gln Glu Leu Val Arg Arg Phe Trp Met Pro Arg 130 135 140 Cys Phe Lys Lys Pro Lys Asn His Leu Leu Gln Pro Cys Gln Phe Lys 145 150 155 160 Thr Arg Gln Leu Leu Cys Leu Leu Met Val Phe Leu Ser Ile Gln Leu 165 170 175 Leu Gly Pro Tyr His His Ile His Thr Pro Leu Gly Arg Asp Leu Val 180 185 190 51 487 DNA Glycine max unsure (358) unsure (429) 51 gagaaataaa aagagaagaa agaaaacacg atagtatcat catatcacca ccacacacat 60 agatagagag aggaaaacga cctatatttt ttttcctttg agagcttcag gggctaggaa 120 aattagaagg acagccacaa gtataaaggc ggtgaaataa aagagaaaga caagaaggag 180 acatgggaag accaccttgt tgtgacaaag aaggggtcaa gaaagggcct tggactcctg 240 aagaagacat catattggtg tcttatattc aggaacatgg tcctggaaat tggagggcag 300 ttcctgccaa aacagggttg tcaagatgca gcaagagttg cagacttaga tggacgantt 360 acctgaggcc aggaatcaag cgtggtaact tcacaagaac aagaggagaa gatgataatc 420 catcttcang atcttttagg aaacagatgg ggtgcaatag cttcatacct tccacaaagg 480 acaaggg 487 52 90 PRT Glycine max UNSURE (59) UNSURE (72) UNSURE (83) 52 Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Glu Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Ile Ile Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30 Gly Pro Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Ala Lys Thr Gly Leu Ser Arg 35 40 45 Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Xaa Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60 Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Xaa Glu Gln Glu Glu Lys Met Ile Ile 65 70 75 80 His Leu Xaa Asp Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp 85 90 53 1556 DNA Glycine max 53 gcacgaggag aaataaaaag agaagaaaga aaacacgata gtatcatcat atcaccacca 60 cacacataga tagagagagg aaaacgacct atattttttt tcctttgaga gcttcagggg 120 ctaggaaaat tagaaggaca gccacaagta taaaggcggt gaaataaaag agaaagacaa 180 gaaggagaca tgggaagacc accttgttgt gacaaagaag gggtcaagaa agggccttgg 240 actcctgaag aagacatcat attggtgtct tatattcagg aacatggtcc tggaaattgg 300 agggcagttc ctgccaaaac agggttgtca agatgcagca agagttgcag acttagatgg 360 acgaattacc tgaggccagg aatcaagcgt ggtaacttca cagaacaaga ggagaagatg 420 ataatccatc ttcaagatct tttaggaaac agatgggctg caatagcttc ataccttcca 480 caaagaacag acaatgacat aaagaactat tggaataccc atttgagaaa gaagctgaag 540 aagatgcaag caggcggtga aggtggtagc tttggagaag ggttttcagc ctcaaggcaa 600 atccctagag gccagtggga aagaaggctc caaactgata tccaaatggc aaagagagcc 660 ctcagtgaag ctctttcacc agagaaaaag ccatcttgtt tatctgcctc aaactcaaac 720 ccttcagata gtagcagctc cttctcttcc acaaaaccaa caacaacaca atctgtgtgc 780 tatgcatcaa gtgctgacaa catagctaga atgctcaagg gttggatgaa gaacccacca 840 aagtcctcaa gaaccaactc gtctatgact cagaactcat tcaacaactt agcaggtgct 900 gatactgctt gtagtagtgg agcaaaggga ccactaagca gtgccgaatt gtctgagaat 960 aattttgaat ccttgtttga ttttgatcag tctttggagt cttcaaactc tgatcaattc 1020 tctcagtcct tgtctcctga ggccactgtt ttgcaagatg aaagcaagcc tgatattaat 1080 attgctgcag aaattatgcc cttctctttg cttgagaaat ggctccttga tgaggcaggt 1140 tgccaagaga aattagttgg ttgttgtggt gatgccaagt ttttctaagt tgggttcatt 1200 ttgtgacata tgagactgtg ggattttttt attttatttt attttatttc ataagttata 1260 ggtagggcct catcaattaa tctcgcttcg gccttattag agagagaagt tttccagcct 1320 ttggtgctag acgtgtatat gttaattatt attgacatta tgatgattat tatcatactg 1380 tgttagttgc catacactgg caaacttgct tctcttatgt aaagttgatc ttgcgacgag 1440 atcctgcttt atggctttag gcagcgcgac cggtcttctc tctttgtgtc gcttgattag 1500 taaccccccc cggggggggc ccgggtccaa atccccccta atggggtcct ttttag 1556 54 332 PRT Glycine max 54 Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Glu Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Ile Ile Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30 Gly Pro Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Ala Lys Thr Gly Leu Ser Arg 35 40 45 Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60 Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Glu Gln Glu Glu Lys Met Ile Ile His 65 70 75 80 Leu Gln Asp Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Ala Ile Ala Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95 Pro Gln Arg Thr Asp Asn Asp Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Asn Thr His Leu 100 105 110 Arg Lys Lys Leu Lys Lys Met Gln Ala Gly Gly Glu Gly Gly Ser Phe 115 120 125 Gly Glu Gly Phe Ser Ala Ser Arg Gln Ile Pro Arg Gly Gln Trp Glu 130 135 140 Arg Arg Leu Gln Thr Asp Ile Gln Met Ala Lys Arg Ala Leu Ser Glu 145 150 155 160 Ala Leu Ser Pro Glu Lys Lys Pro Ser Cys Leu Ser Ala Ser Asn Ser 165 170 175 Asn Pro Ser Asp Ser Ser Ser Ser Phe Ser Ser Thr Lys Pro Thr Thr 180 185 190 Thr Gln Ser Val Cys Tyr Ala Ser Ser Ala Asp Asn Ile Ala Arg Met 195 200 205 Leu Lys Gly Trp Met Lys Asn Pro Pro Lys Ser Ser Arg Thr Asn Ser 210 215 220 Ser Met Thr Gln Asn Ser Phe Asn Asn Leu Ala Gly Ala Asp Thr Ala 225 230 235 240 Cys Ser Ser Gly Ala Lys Gly Pro Leu Ser Ser Ala Glu Leu Ser Glu 245 250 255 Asn Asn Phe Glu Ser Leu Phe Asp Phe Asp Gln Ser Leu Glu Ser Ser 260 265 270 Asn Ser Asp Gln Phe Ser Gln Ser Leu Ser Pro Glu Ala Thr Val Leu 275 280 285 Gln Asp Glu Ser Lys Pro Asp Ile Asn Ile Ala Ala Glu Ile Met Pro 290 295 300 Phe Ser Leu Leu Glu Lys Trp Leu Leu Asp Glu Ala Gly Cys Gln Glu 305 310 315 320 Lys Leu Val Gly Cys Cys Gly Asp Ala Lys Phe Phe 325 330 55 357 DNA Triticum aestivum unsure (259) unsure (307) unsure (319) 55 gccaaagtat caggtttgag gggtggggga tccaaaaatt aggtagctat attgaagtat 60 tttgcgcaaa gtcgcaacaa caaatgtcac ctttgctaat aactttcttc ttgcttcaac 120 ctctgtaatc tccatgcagg cctcaaccgc acaggaaaga gctgtcgcct ccggtgggtt 180 aactacctcc accctgggcc taaagcgtgg gcgcatgact ccccatgaaa gaacgcctca 240 tcctccaact ccatgctcng tggggaaaca agtggtccaa ggataacacg gaactgccaa 300 ggcgtancga caatgaatna aagaactact gggagaacac atttgaggaa aaggaag 357 56 54 PRT Triticum aestivum UNSURE (21) UNSURE (27)..(28) UNSURE (41) 56 Ala Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn 1 5 10 15 Tyr Leu His Pro Xaa Leu Lys Arg Gly Arg Xaa Xaa Pro Met Lys Glu 20 25 30 Arg Leu Ile Leu Gln Leu His Ala Xaa Trp Gly Asn Lys Trp Ser Lys 35 40 45 Asp Asn Thr Glu Leu Pro 50 57 1072 DNA Triticum aestivum 57 gcacgaggcc aaagtatcag gtttgagggg tgggggatcc aaaaattagg tagctatatt 60 gaagtatttt gcgcaaagtc gcaacaacaa atgtcacctt tgctaataac tttcttcttg 120 cttcaacctc tgtaatctcc atgcaggcct caaccgcaca ggaaagagct gtcgcctccg 180 gtgggttaac tacctccacc ctggcctaaa gcgtgggcgc atgactcccc atgaagaacg 240 cctcatcctc gagctccatg ctcggtgggg aaacaggtgg tccaggatag cacggaagct 300 gccagggcgt accgacaatg agatcaagaa ctactggaga acacatatga ggaagaaagc 360 acaggagagg aagaggagcg tgtcaccctc accatcttca tcctcagtga cataccaatc 420 cattcagcca cagacgccat cgatcatggg aattggcgag caggaacttc atggtggcag 480 tagctgcatc acaagcatat tgaagggcac gcctgctgac atggatggat acctcatgga 540 tcagatatgg atggagattg aggcaccctc tggggtcaac tttcatgacg ggaaggataa 600 ttcatacagc agcccctctg gccctctgct gccatcaccg atgtgggatt actacagccc 660 tgaggcaggc tggaagatgg atgagataaa gatggcccca caagttagct acagtaaagg 720 aattggcccc agttattgaa gccatatata ttgtatcaga ttactaagtt acttgcaacc 780 tagcagaagt gaaatgcttt tgttgaaaga accattagca tggatctaaa aaatatttat 840 atctatctag cattccaagt gtgctcatgt tttatgtatc tactatgtag catctagtgt 900 gcaagacatg taatgcaagg acacttccac tttgtattca caataatcag ctatctcctg 960 taagactttt ccaatgcaaa catgattagc aggtgtaata tcaacttaaa tgcttgccaa 1020 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aa 1072 58 198 PRT Triticum aestivum 58 Ala Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn 1 5 10 15 Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg Gly Arg Met Thr Pro His Glu Glu 20 25 30 Arg Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ala Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg 35 40 45 Ile Ala Arg Lys Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 50 55 60 Trp Arg Thr His Met Arg Lys Lys Ala Gln Glu Arg Lys Arg Ser Val 65 70 75 80 Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Ser Ser Ser Val Thr Tyr Gln Ser Ile Gln Pro 85 90 95 Gln Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Gly Ile Gly Glu Gln Glu Leu His Gly Gly 100 105 110 Ser Ser Cys Ile Thr Ser Ile Leu Lys Gly Thr Pro Ala Asp Met Asp 115 120 125 Gly Tyr Leu Met Asp Gln Ile Trp Met Glu Ile Glu Ala Pro Ser Gly 130 135 140 Val Asn Phe His Asp Gly Lys Asp Asn Ser Tyr Ser Ser Pro Ser Gly 145 150 155 160 Pro Leu Leu Pro Ser Pro Met Trp Asp Tyr Tyr Ser Pro Glu Ala Gly 165 170 175 Trp Lys Met Asp Glu Ile Lys Met Ala Pro Gln Val Ser Tyr Ser Lys 180 185 190 Gly Ile Gly Pro Ser Tyr 195 59 521 DNA Triticum aestivum unsure (108) unsure (355) unsure (361) unsure (392) unsure (414) unsure (431) unsure (434) unsure (447) unsure (456) unsure (459) 59 cttggatcct ccactagcta cgtcgtccat ggatgtggtg ctgcagagtc gtagcagcaa 60 cagcatggcg gcggagccgg aggaggaggc ggaccggagg aggaggcngg agctccggcg 120 agggccgtgg acggtggacg aggaccttac gctgatcaac tacatcgcgg accacggcga 180 gggccgctgg aacgcgctgg cgcgggccgc cggcctgagg cgcacgggga agagctgccg 240 gctgcggtgg ctgaactacc tccgccccga cgtgaagcgc ggcaacttca ccgccgacga 300 gcagctcctc atcctcgacc tccactctcg ctggggcaac cggtggtcga agatngcgca 360 ncacctcccg ggtcggacgg acaacgaaga tnaaagaact actgggagga ccanggtgca 420 aaaagcacgc naancaactc aactgcnaac tccggnaanc gcaaccttta aaggatgcca 480 ataaggtacc tctggatgcc tcgcctctca acgcatcaac c 521 60 131 PRT Triticum aestivum UNSURE (27) UNSURE (109) UNSURE (111) UNSURE (122) UNSURE (129) 60 Met Asp Val Val Leu Gln Ser Arg Ser Ser Asn Ser Met Ala Ala Glu 1 5 10 15 Pro Glu Glu Glu Ala Asp Arg Arg Arg Arg Xaa Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly 20 25 30 Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu Thr Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asp 35 40 45 His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Ala Gly Leu Arg 50 55 60 Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro 65 70 75 80 Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Ala Asp Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu 85 90 95 Asp Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Xaa Ala Xaa His 100 105 110 Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Asp Xaa Arg Thr Thr Gly Arg Thr 115 120 125 Xaa Val Gln 130 61 464 DNA Triticum aestivum unsure (435) unsure (442) unsure (450) unsure (457) 61 agcgggcgag acgtgagcat ggggaggccg ccgtgctgcg acaaggaggg cgtcaagaag 60 ggcccctgga cgccggagga ggacctcgtg ctcgtctcct acgtccagga gcacggcccc 120 ggcaactggc gcgccgtccc caccaggacc ggcctgatgc ggtgtagcaa gagctgccgg 180 ctccggtgga ccaactacct gcgcccaggg atcaagcgcg gcaacttcac cgaccaggag 240 gagaagctca tcgtccacct ccaggcgctg ctcggcaaca ggtgggccgc gatcgcctcc 300 tacctccccg agcgcaccga caacgacatc aagaactact ggaacacgca actcaagcgc 360 aagctgcaag cggggggcga cgccgcgggc aaaccggcgg cgcaaaggct gctcctcctc 420 aaagggcaat ggganaggcg gngcagacgn catcaanatg cgcc 464 62 122 PRT Triticum aestivum 62 Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Glu Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro 1 5 10 15 Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Leu Val Leu Val Ser Tyr Val Gln Glu His 20 25 30 Gly Pro Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Thr Arg Thr Gly Leu Met Arg 35 40 45 Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60 Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Asp Gln Glu Glu Lys Leu Ile Val His 65 70 75 80 Leu Gln Ala Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Ala Ile Ala Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95 Pro Glu Arg Thr Asp Asn Asp Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Asn Thr Gln Leu 100 105 110 Lys Arg Lys Leu Gln Ala Gly Gly Asp Ala 115 120 63 217 PRT Pisum sativum 63 Met Asp Lys Lys Pro Cys Asn Ser Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala 20 25 30 Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly Leu 35 40 45 Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg 50 55 60 Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile 65 70 75 80 Met Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 85 90 95 His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Phe Trp Arg Thr 100 105 110 Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Val Asp Asn Pro Asn Gln Gln Asn 115 120 125 Phe Gln Gln Lys Met Ser Leu Glu Ile Asn Asp His His His His His 130 135 140 Pro His Gln Pro Ser Ser Ser Gln Val Ser Asn Leu Val Glu Pro Met 145 150 155 160 Glu Thr Tyr Ser Pro Thr Ser Tyr Gln Gly Thr Leu Glu Pro Phe Pro 165 170 175 Thr Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Asn Asn Asp His His Gln Asn Ser Asn Cys 180 185 190 Cys Ala Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ser Met Glu Asp Ile 195 200 205 Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 210 215 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a first nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 12, and SEQ ID NO:56; (b) a second nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO:28; (c) a third nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16; (d) a fourth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 52; (e) a fifth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO:50, and SEQ ID NO:58; (f) a sixth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 60; (g) a seventh nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, and SEQ ID NO:62; (h) a eighth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO:20; (i) a ninth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:48, and SEQ ID NO:54; (j) a tenth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO:44, and SEQ ID NO:46; (k) an eleventh nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 36; (l) a twelfth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 30; and (m) a thirteenth nucleotide sequence comprising the complement of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), or (l).
 2. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1, wherein the isolated nucleotide sequence consists of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 that codes for the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and
 62. 3. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequences are DNA.
 4. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequences are RNA.
 5. A chimeric gene comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 operably linked to suitable regulatory sequences.
 6. An isolated host cell comprising the chimeric gene of claim
 5. 7. An isolated host cell comprising an isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 or claim
 3. 8. The isolated host cell of claim 7 wherein the isolated host is selected from the group consisting of yeast, bacteria, plant, and virus.
 9. A virus comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 1. 10. A polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a first seuqence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 12, and SEQ ID NO:56; (b) a second sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO:28; (c) a third sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 16; (d) a fourth sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 52; (e) a fifth sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO:50, and SEQ ID NO:58; (f) a sixth sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 60; (g) a seventh sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, and SEQ ID NO:62; (h) an eighth sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO:20; (i) a ninth sequence of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:48, and SEQ ID NO:54; (j) a tenth sequence of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO:44, and SEQ ID NO:46; (k) an eleventh sequence of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 36; and (l) a twelfth sequence of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO:
 30. 11. A method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a plant cell, the method comprising the steps of: (a) constructing an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; (b) introducing the isolated polynucleotide into a plant cell; and (c) measuring the level of a polypeptide in the plant cell containing the polynucleotide to provide a positive selection means.
 12. The method of claim 11 wherein the isolated polynucleotide consists of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 that codes for the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and
 62. 13. A method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a plant cell, the method comprising the steps of: (a) constructing an isolated polynucleotide of claim 1; (b) introducing the isolated polynucleotide into a plant cell; and (c) measuring the level of polypeptide in the plant cell containing the polynucleotide to provide a positive selection means.
 14. A method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide comprising the steps of: (a) synthesizing an oligonucleotide primer comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; and (b) amplifying a nucleic acid sequence using the oligonucleotide primer.
 15. A method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide comprising the steps of: (a) probing a cDNA or genomic library with an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; (b) identifying a DNA clone that hybridizes with the isolated polynucleotide; (c) isolating the identified DNA clone; and (d) sequencing the cDNA or genomic fragment that comprises the isolated DNA clone.
 16. An isolated polynucleotide comprising at least one of 30 nucleotides derived from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, and the complement of such sequences. 